I don't know what else to say but somebody must hate us.  As if there wasn't already enough going on, it appears that the transmission on the van has gone out..... again. If you've followed our story for the last 2 years, you are probably cringing right now because you know what this mean for us. We bought a van, two years ago and within the first year, we were forced to dump $8,000+ into it, just to keep it running.  We were swindled and it's my fault for trusting the guy that sold us the van. We basically chased the repairs around.  We justified the repairs because the body was literally perfect and we honesty didn't know what else to do. We basically had the engine rebuilt and the…

We've had quite a few new experiences lately and not all pleasant ones.  If you read my previous post, you know that Gavin was the target of a very mean spirited child yesterday while on the playground. I'm not sure if that qualifies as bullying but the kids was, for lack of a better word, a jerk. He targeted Gavin for being different and made fun of him for being unable to do things on the playground well. My question to you is this. How do you handle situations in which your child is being made fun of for being different? What have you done in the past? When this happens, if your child even aware that they are being victimized? In Gavin's case, he was completely oblivious to what…

Contrary to popular belief, we actually do take our kids to the doctors, in fact, we are actually scheduled to return to the Cleveland Clinic this Wednesday.  :-P See, I'm reaching a point that I can sometimes joke about this whole CPS crap. Anyway, Gavin will be seen by the urologist because of bladder control issues.  His autonomic specialist wants to rule out any sort of physical bladder problems before considering that this is part of the autonomic dysfunction. Gavin will have an xray and ultrasound done on his bladder, just prior to the appointment. This will provide lots of information. This will likely be an awkward appointment because of its sensitive nature. Unfortunately, this is just another stop on the journey to figure out what is going on with…

Today we took the boys to the playground. That's not exactly groundbreaking news. However, what happened while we were there was unpleasant, to say the least. When we arrived at our usual playground, there was already someone there with their kids. They were from out of town, Florida to be exact. The kids were all on the playground, which is around 100 yards from where you park your car. The Dad was standing next to his car smoking a cigarette. When we walked the boys to the playground, the problems immediately began. There were three kids on the playground when we arrived, all belonging to man with the cigarette. It was like they were heat seeking missiles, all targeting Gavin. The oldest of the three kids said he was 12…

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This is how my kids were watching TV the other day.  The problem is that I couldn't see through them, as they aren't made of glass.  ;-) They felt the need to sit on my lap, while I was trying to watch King of the Hill. How do your kids like to watch TV? This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

Good morning class.. Our main focus today is going to be getting the kids to the playground.  It's been a really long week, filled with stress and anxiety.  Not only do we want to leave this week on a good note, we also want to begin the new one the same way.  The boys love the playground and we love taking pictures of them on the playground.  Much like chocolate and peanut butter, they just got well together..  :-) We haven't decided which playground to grace with our presence today but the kids have their favorites, so we probably won't venture to far outside of the box. One of the things that we want to do this summer is setup play dates for Elliott.  We figured we could start out…