Acoustic for Autism   I would like to introduce you all to Acoustic for Autism. I was contacted by Acoustic for Autism's  founder and producer, Louis Gendron. Louis had heard about Android4Autism  and he wanted to donate their entire music collection music to my campaign. Louis and I actually spoke on the phone for over an hour the other night and discovered that we have many things in common, including our passion for raising Autism Awareness and helping others in the Autism community. Louis and I discussed the goals of our respective organizations and shared our experience thus far on our journey to raise our families and reach out to others. I'm going to quote the Acoustic for Autism website because I think they worded what they are all about very…

You all know how much Emmett loves his Android4Autism device.  He has come a long since first starting out using it. He plays all kinds of game on this thing.  Most of the being educational based games. Today I found him playing Plants vs Zombies.  He is actually playing and winning.  For those of you fimilar with the game you know that for a 3 year old that's pretty darn good.  This is not a typical Android4Autism game but it does require strategy and planning in order to play.  The game is cute and basically you have to decide which type of plants to plant in order to defeat the zombies.  It's actually a really fun game.  Go Emmett get those zombies.  That is something I honestly never imagined myself saying. …

The kids are driving me CRAZY. Well,  Elliott and Emmett are driving me CRAZY. Gavin is actually having a good day.  I would be pulling out my hair, if only I had hair to pull out.  So I guess it's good that I don't. Gavin has always been a challenge but lately he's been doing quite well. He hasn't been self-injuring since his last stay at Akron Children's Hospital towards the end of June.  Elliott has been acting up alot lately.  He's very whiny and emotional.  He worries about everything and is also starting to present with OCD behavior, like repeated hand washing.  I think that the hand washing is actually staring to resolve itself but he is definitely stressed out and not coping well with life right now. Emmett…

Elliott is going through a pretty rough time.  He is quite upset that he isn't going back to his old school.  In the typical Elliott fashion,  he wants to understand why he's not going back and I don't really know what to tell him.  All I have done so far is play up all the positives about this change. The truth is however,  that no matter how high functioning he is,  kids in the spectrum often times struggle with change.  Their is a feeling of safety and security in routine or predictability.  When that feeling of safety or security is taken away,  it's like they are thrust into chaos.  Every ASD kid is different but many of the traits follow this same pattern,  even if to a different degree. Right…

We found Soy yogurt today at the grocery store. I've seen it before but no one ever carried it.  One of the things Emmett misses the most is yogurt.  Emmett is allergic to milk,  lactose and egg so yogurt was lost to him a while ago.  Now he can enjoy his yogurt once again.  This brought a smile to his face and that is priceless. - Lost and Tired Post by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)

We delivered the first Android4Autism device today to the McKay family.  This was an amazing experience and will be something I will personally never forget.  Kiersten already loves the device and had the most amazing smile when she saw it played movies.  Her parents are both amazing people and very excited to start using it with her. They will be keeping us updated as time goes on.  What a great beginning :-) - Lost and Tired Post by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)

Emmett had great time today. Everything worked out well and he's looking forward to going back. He's only there for about 2 hours but I think for him, it's 2 hours well spent. The other boys don't start back until September 6, 2011. We are getting closer and closer to actually have 2 hours a day of down time :-) Great job Emmett, we are so very proud of you.