How Raising a Child On The Autism Spectrum Helps Me As A Military Wife Raising a child on the autism spectrum has taught me a lot over the years. There are so many lessons to be learned when your child needs a little extra help and a little extra patience. Some of these lessons have…
Asperger's
A Letter To My Son With Autism On World Autism Awareness Day
A Letter To My Son With Autism On World Autism Awareness Day In January of 2012, we sat in the doctor’s office and heard what we had suspected about our then five-year-old son. After three or four months of testing, meeting with the doctor, and answering questions about him, our son was diagnosed with Asperger’s….
Christmas With A Child With Autism
Christmas With A Child With Autism Christmas can be a stressful time of year for anyone. Christmas with a special needs child can add another layer of things to think that. As a mother of a child with Autism, Christmas has had to change a little from what I would thought it would be… (read…
Back To School With Special Needs
Back To School With Special Needs Summer is almost over for us. The boys go back to school next week. My son with Asperger’s is going to start 3rd grade! I find that a little hard to believe. It seems like we were just getting ready for him to start kindergarten. What a nervous mom I…
How I Knew My Son Had Autism
“Well after looking at everything I feel comfortable in diagnosing him as having Asperger’s which is on the Autism spectrum.” This is what the behavioral doctor said to us after three months of testing. We were not surprised. This was in 2012 and now they have eliminated Asperger’s as a diagnoses but from what…
Dear Asperger’s, You Can Shove It
My son has Asperger’s. We have known this for almost three years now. It has been a challenge for us, some days more than others. I don’t have Asperger’s but I sometimes can understand why he feels the way he does. Why he gets so frustrated. I get it. Not 100% and not to the degree…
Give Forward and Erase Love With Hate
I was saddened to hear the story of a 14-year-old boy with Autism who was bullied by a group of kids in Bay Village, OH. The boy was going to do the ice bucket challenge but instead of pouring a bucket of ice over his head they filled it with urine, feces and spit. Not…
How My Son With Asperger’s Is Doing In The Second Grade
How My Son With Asperger’s Is Doing In The Second Grade My son was diagnosed with Asperger’s when he was five. That was in the middle of his preschool year. We started with ABA therapy right away. He started kindergarten a few months later. That was a challenging year. He had full-time ABA with him…
Taking A Child With Autism To Church
Taking a child with Autism to church can be a different type of struggle. Finding a good church home can be difficult for anyone. Add in a child that doesn’t always do or act the way everyone else does makes it even more complicated. We have been trying to find that mix between going to a…
Life As A Special Needs Mom
In 2007, my almost three-year old boy was diagnosed with a developmental delay. We first realized something was going on when by 2.5 he was not saying a whole lot. He could say a handful of word such as “mama” or “ball”but he was not talking like the other 2.5 year olds we knew. I don’t…