Autism makes so many things more difficult. Gavin eye doesn't appear to be getting better. In fact he's going in tomorrow because he hasn't been eating since he got hurt. That's a huge warning flag for Gavin. In our case Gavin's Autism amongst other things makes him an unreliable source of information. He can't give us the information we need to know how he's doing. Is he not eating because something is wrong or because he has this idea in his head that if he eats he is going to puke. For example, when I was a kid I was eating popcorn and got really sick (vomiting ect). It had nothing to do with the popcorn because I had the flu but to this day I don't eat popcorn very…

Disclaimer: I don't endorse this theory in any way. I just found it interesting and thought I share and get some opinions. I'll post links to the articles as soon as I can. Link 1 Link 2 (Just 2 of the links I found all opinion pieces) I was reading today online and came across some articles. They were proposing that Autism is the next stage in human evolution. It not's the first time I heard this but I was intrigued so I started reading about it. It's an interesting theory but I don't know if I buy into it. Many are saying it's some way that the human race is naturally going to control it's population. They assume that the autistic population will never have children or are less…

Emmett John has many sensory issues. The worst of which right now revolves around his clothes. He can't stand the way clothes feel most of the time. He doesn't like the seams in his socks and so we are constantly taking them off and putting them back on (at his request) because they feel uncomfortable. We are going to get him seamless sensory friendly socks as soon as we can. Gavin has some and he loves them. Anyway, Emmett John went into the laundry basket and dug out a pair of my socks and wanted me to put them on him. He has been wearing these for the better part of an hour now. Typically, he won't even wear his socks for that long. I guess his tiny feet are…

You have to see this to believe it. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAyhz2m-UuQ[/youtube] LT

They look peaceful enough but they battled to see who was sitting where. LT Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry: LT

Allowance. Does your autistic child earn an allowance? If our main goal is to give them as normal life as possible making and managing money will be important. Obviously, each situation is different but I do feel that it's also a very important lesson we can teach them. We need to revisit the idea with Gavin. It hasn't worked well in the past with him but he's a rather unique case. Do you have your autistic child help out around the house (if possible)? Do you allow them to earn an allowance? I'm curious how the community views this. LT Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry: LT

When summer rolls around so do new problems. Gavin has major sensory issues. The one that concerns us the most during the summer is that he's always cold. Right now there is a heat advisory out. Gavin will wear sweat pants, a short sleeve shirt, a long sleeve shirt over that and then a hoody. He sleeps in these same clothes underneath a comforter. He won't allow a fan to be on or a window to be open. I don't know how he does that. We have to make him choose between the blanket or a fan (just as an example). He also doesn't sweat, ever. How far to we push him to cool his room off if he's uncomfortable with it? A what point do we have to step…

Last night was a rough one. No one wanted to sleep. Lizze was restless all night and later moved to the couch. EJ woke up at 4am to the sound of ER screaming. It was all down hill from there. Today is a very busy, especially for Lizze. She has back to back to back appointments. Wish us luck. Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry: LT