I don't know what's more exhausting, Autism or the subsequent sensory needs.  Emmett John no longer says most of the words ghetto learned a few months back. He 's back to noises.  So communication is back to sign language ect.  The biggest issue with raising Emmett John is his extreme sensory needs.  He needs constant sensory stimulation.  He is always jumping off of things regardless of the height. He has no fear and only one setting,  ON.  We are literally constantly chasing after him to ensure his safety.  It 's physically draining and emotionally exhausting.  What are some of the difficulties facing you? Do your Artistic or other special needs child has major sensory issue how do you cope ? Posted to Wordpress via my Epic 4G

Would you be willing to literally gut your house in order to make it safer for you Artistic child? That's what we are having to do.  Emmett John is so extremely active with such major sensory issues that I really believe getting rid of most things (like furniture ect ) is the only way to keep him from hurting himself.  There is no way to keep him from doing what he does to physically ground himself.  If it 's there he WILL climb and jump off of it. How far have you gone for your Artistic child? I would love to hear your story...... Posted to Wordpress via my Epic 4G

Emmett John is one of my primary motivations for Fit for Autism.  If spent just s few minutes with him you would know why.  He likes to move his little trampoline behind the couch then he climbs to the top of the couch and jumps off onto his trampoline so he can launch himself into the air.  I said he likes it I do all I can to stop him before he does it.I don't think I will survive him.  He is literally going to give me a heart attack.  Posted to Wordpress via my Epic 4G

We are all still sick.  Everyone is feeling better but still grumpy and still with a nasty cough.  I don't know if we are sending the boys to school yet.  They need to go back but they really have a nasty cough.  Everyone has been to the doctor and it just has to run its course.  I think we will call the schools in the morning and ask what they think.  I feel really crappy and my chest hurts. I will try to get in to the doctors this week and go from there.  Lizze is in the same boat as me but her fibre makes it even worse.  That's it for now .... Gavin updates will be soon...... Posted to Wordpress via my Epic 4G

Well the weekend has come and gone and I 'm pleased to announce we found a van.  It 's a 99 windstar sel. Fully loaded and in perfect shape.  The body looks to be only a few years old.  I'll post pics later. The price was right and we had to make a move.  The only problem it the transmission is shifting a little rough between 1st and 2nd gear sometimes.  Taking it to get looked at in the morning.  Even if I have to rebuild the transmission it will be worth it the car is in that good of shape. Thanks for the prayers as we were looking. Posted to Wordpress via my Epic 4G

My kids are Artistic and have a hard enough time with everyday life.  Do you think maybe you could give them some type of shield that keeps them from EVER GETTING SICK.  If that's not possible could you maybe create a "happy place" for me to go to. I know you can do at least that ;-) If all else fails could you at least see to it that they are NEVER all sick at the same time. That is a truly challenging task, especially when Lizze and I are sick as well.  While I appreciate your confidence in my ability to handle these things, I fear you may have over estimated my ability to do so. PS: If none of my above requests are in the cards, how about…

Gavin has this nasty habit of trying to parent his siblings.  He corrects them and sometimes even try to discipline them.  It doesn't matter how many times I tell him he's not their parent he just keeps on doing it anyway.  He did it again this morning with Emmett John and I reminded him he's not the parent. I asked him to repeat what I said and he lost it and started freaking out.  He flipped around on the ground like a fish out of water.  This is going to be a very long weekend. Posted to Wordpress via my Epic 4G

If vaccines cause Autism then why do kids never vaccinated develop Autism. If vaccines cause Autism then why to kids in 3rd world vaccine-less countries develop Autism. I respect everyone's right to their own opinion but clinging to things that are scientifically disproven doesn't help anyone. What we know for sure is that kids are dying do to the lack of vaccinations. I have 3 Autistic kids and that is VERY RARE. I firmly believe in vaccinating and I know that vaccines played NO ROLL in my kids developing Autism. I feel good knowing I'm not putting my kids or YOUR kids at risk by withholding vaccines due to misinformed mass hysteria.