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When Billy was almost four, he got a stomach bug.
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Added by Valerie Foley on March 13, 2010 at 5:31am —
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Last week I wrote my first post about visual schedules but I didn't get to tell you much about the great workshop I went to called "Family Activity Routines: Cooking, Chores, and Family Games" . There was a lot of good information presented that day but it was their use of visual
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Added by Jennifer S on March 8, 2010 at 10:55pm —
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In the last 24 hours, Billy has given me three literacy related moments of pride.
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Added by Valerie Foley on March 5, 2010 at 1:53am —
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Added by Jennifer S on March 5, 2010 at 12:06am —
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Added by DQ on March 3, 2010 at 2:19am —
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Today was one of the roughest days Diego and I have had.
The fight with the school district began today.
This morning was D’s school district assessment. I prayed for patience and for the people doing the assessment to have a clear and focused mind. I was prepared with a letter from the psychologist, a letter from his current teacher, the 12 page progress report from Diego’s social skills group, and the most recent OT report. All of these were copied and ready to hand over to th
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Added by Shivon on February 26, 2010 at 9:38pm —
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From: http://www.teamcarterjay.blogspot.com
Sometimes I wonder how having a sibling like Carter will affect Mikey and Jovie. I think that it's a worry that most special needs parents have.
At first, I was very concerned about how much they would miss out on with having a brother with limitations. In the VERY beginning, I started thinking that there would be no way that we could go on a family vacation, or that we woul
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Added by Heather Mc on February 22, 2010 at 4:59pm —
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On Thursday morning, I went to the hospital to meet with our family social worker. I expected that we would talk about E-Niner’s behavior plan and transition plan back to
school at that meeting. We had also had a very hard night with E-Niner
the night before. Joe and I ended up restraining him/managing some
extraordinarily aggressive behavior for an hour and a half. The thought
crossed my mind about residential placement that night, and I wanted to
talk about it with
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Added by cms8741 on February 21, 2010 at 4:29pm —
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I sit on the park bench eating cheesy popcorn and watching young children on the playground. I am enjoying the day, the sun on my face, and the smell of fresh grass.
Randomly I think,
I wish Samantha could run and play with these kiddos.
And there it is, the cold hand in my cheesy popcorn; the presence taking up too much space on the park bench, blocking my sunshine. My Grief….
“Really?” I say. “I didn’t invite you. Get your hand out of my cheesy corn.” Instead, I end up having to scoo…
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Added by Heather Schichtel on February 2, 2010 at 9:17am —
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The bus will arrive at 7:00 am to carry my sleeping daughter to school, so at 6:30 I hit the snooze button on my alarm. When it goes off again at 6:45, I roll out of bed, walk down the hall and switch on her bedroom light. My daughter, slightly startled by the light, sits up in bed, blinks a few time, then pushes her covers off and jumps out of bed. She walks across her room to her closet where her clothes are waiting and steps inside. The closet doors close and suddenly happy music by Laurie Be…
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Added by Terena on January 28, 2010 at 9:23am —
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**Old Post** From My Blog:
http://knottyawetizmmama.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-have-talked-to-lot-of-families-whom.html
I have talked to a lot of families whom are having problems getting services. I feel that can be changed. You are your child's advocate. Don't give up! This is definitely a case where No means Yes! It's all about research and bonding with other families on the spectrum. My son is…
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Added by Jane Ug-Lbc on January 23, 2010 at 11:00am —
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**From my blog "My Brain Wants To Go Home"**
With trepidation this morning I ordered Adam on my DVR. I was unsure if I was in a place emotionally to watch this movie.
Adam is a movie about a young man who has Asperger’s Syndrome.
A couple of months ago I watched Mozart and The Whale and I didn’t do so well.
I didn’t feel like that movie accurately depicted the struggles of Aspergers, or maybe it did and I just didn’t car…
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Added by Shivon Carreno on January 17, 2010 at 12:15pm —
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My usual place for revelations is as I'm falling asleep. A light goes on -- and I don't mean my husband Ned's little book light, even though that definitely goes on every night. Recently I was talking to Ned about how I wished I'd played marbles with Nat (20, autistic) the other day, how great it was that he'd wanted to play both Thursday and Friday. And then Wednesday afternoon, we had done a puzzle together, come to think of it! But instead, yesterday, on Saturday, I was gone for a long time s…
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Added by Susan on January 15, 2010 at 6:10am —
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(reposted from our blog on our church social network)

Going into church this morning, there was a HUGE bug laying beside the curb as we stepped on the sidewalk in front of the church. Normally my daughter, would have wanted to pick it up and put it in her pocket to bring it home with her. But for some reason, THIS bug caus…
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Added by Kimberlie Morris on January 9, 2010 at 7:40am —
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(This is from a blog I posted on June 29th on my personal page on our church social network, but it is so typical of a day in the life of a child with FASD.) Yesterday afternoon I gave a friend a ride out of town to visit his children. Our plans changed a little from what we had first planned and we ended up…
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Added by Kimberlie Morris on January 4, 2010 at 5:46pm —
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"Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", or so the song says. And in many ways it truly is. As Christian's we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The miracle of His arrival. But for a child with FASD it is one of the most overwhelming times of the year.Every where you go, there are decorations and lights. Down…
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Added by Kimberlie Morris on January 4, 2010 at 5:41pm —
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Jimmy took first place in the Cub Scout Rain gutter Regatta this year. Every year when it comes to "Derby" time for the past 10 years I have helped my Cub Scout sons build race cars, or sailboats, whatever they are racing that year, all of them have been a dismal failure in the racing department. I must say some of them looked really good though. I finally made one that not only could finish the race, It was actually fast.
I'm sure he fact that we had the boat finished a week in advance and Jim…
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Added by Melody Greenlief on November 11, 2009 at 11:36am —
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Hi all:
I recently wrote and have submitted several articles on various article directories and thought I'd include one here. I'm a writer and hope to inspire and comfort those with special needs children.
Blessings,
Lori
Parenting A Special Needs Child - A New Beginning
You’ve dealt with the shock. You’ve understood the grief of unmet expectations. You’ve conquered the resentment, the fear, the guilt, and you’ve bonded with your special needs child.
It’s been a long road up to this…
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Added by Lori on September 24, 2009 at 2:10pm —
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“For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.” -Anne Morrow Lindbergh
…and she would know. Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s young son was kidnapped and murdered in 1932, when he was less than two years old.
I think "happiness" is a good way to describe many of the years before Katie was diagnosed with cancer. Gregg, David, Katie and I were a foursome, and we were very happy with that. We had a kind of security, in our family life and love fo…
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Added by Karen Gerstenberger on September 10, 2009 at 5:02pm —
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It seems like forever ago that I put an announcement on
Hopeful Parents that I was looking for three people to moderate the forums.
Heather, Jessica and Insideout510 raised their hands, and we got to work. Each of them are veterans when it comes to online networks like this. They have been so helpful, thoughtful and patient with me as we looked for the right platform to use and getting it set-up. It's taken us nearly two months...but time…
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Added by Christina Shaver on August 11, 2009 at 3:43pm —
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