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Antithesis

Posted in AAC, ASD, acceptance, advocacy, augmentative communication, autism, communication, developmental disabilities, expectations, good stuff, multiple disabilites, non-verbal, parenting, peach festival on August 1, 2009 | 25 Comments »

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
After our terrible, horrible no good, very bad morning you might think that Niksdad and I decided to lay low and stay close to home this afternoon. You’d be mistaken. [...]

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Through his eyes

Posted in ASD, Obama, Wordless Wednesday, autism, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, good stuff, parenting, special needs on January 21, 2009 | 17 Comments »

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Chugging Along

Posted in ASD, Christmas, autism, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, ear infection, good stuff, parenting, special needs, trains on December 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Just a quick update to yesterday’s post…
Since Addie Ville came to stay last night, Nik slept fairly well; he only woke at 4:30 a.m. but that was because we didn’t give him his extra dose at 11:00 p.m. We couldn’t —he was out cold and sleeping on his tummy and wouldn’t budge even when I [...]

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More Faces of Five (or Living Proof)

Posted in ASD, Nik's Birthday, Wordless Wednesday, autism, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, good stuff, parenting on December 3, 2008 | 10 Comments »

I think five is going to be our best year yet!

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C is for Cookie Cracker Pretzel?

Posted in ASD, autism, cerebral palsy, communication, good stuff, non-verbal, parenting, sign language, special needs on October 28, 2008 | 17 Comments »

In our continuing quest to help Nik learn to communicate his wants and needs in a manner which is far less annoying than whining or crying more universally understood, we’re building on the small sign language vocabulary he already possesses. I may have mentioned in a post or three about how rapidly Nik’s skills are [...]

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Taking Root, Taking Wing

Posted in ASD, autism, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, good stuff, parenting, progress, sign language, special needs on October 24, 2008 | 20 Comments »

Talk about a lesson in trusting yourself. In the five weeks since Nikolas took his last dose of seizure medication, we have witnessed the following:

He’s begun showing a voracious interest in food again after two years of not eating; he wants everything from our plates and wants to feed himself. He’s not actually biting [...]

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Step by step, Bit by Bit

Posted in ASD, Nik video, Wordless Wednesday, autism, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, feeding, good stuff, parenting, special needs on October 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »

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Little big stuff

Posted in ASD, autism, birthday, celebration, cerebral palsy, food, good stuff, special needs on September 30, 2008 | 21 Comments »

In spite of an inauspicious beginning to the day, my 45th birthday ended up being full of so many small and unexpected delights that I was giddy by the time I collapsed into bed around midnight. Might have something to do with that mojito at dinner, but I don’t think so.
First there was my husband’s [...]

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