If you know me at all, you understand that I get extremely frustrated when I’m misrepresented. My beliefs are as thought out and consistent as I can make them, and when folks make assumptions about what I believe I get angry. Real angry. So, to prevent frustration and help folks better understand where I’m coming from I’m going into some detail about my beliefs.
Autism: My beliefs and ideas Saturday, Jul 28 2012
Musings and Philosophy adults, asd, Autism, autistic, beliefs, cure, ideas, opinion, puzzle, solidarity, therapy, vaccines 7:17 pm
Autism Parenting Tips: Consequences? Wednesday, Jul 25 2012
Autism Parenting Skills asd, Autism, behavior, consequences, discipline, parenting, punishment, tips 1:47 pm
Most folks don’t enjoy disciplining their kids. I’m not a fan of it myself, but I do feel that by failing to show my son boundaries I am setting him up for a harsh lesson later in life with much more severe penalties. Discipline is additionally challenging with an autistic child, so I’m going to share some of the things we do that help us show Raymond consequences of his decisions.
Art, autism and vision: Raymond’s artwork Friday, Jul 13 2012
Autism art, asd, Autism, beetle, brain, corpus callosum, cow, creative, ducks, elephant, fredericksburg, house with cars, koi, left, lighthouse, living room, right, side, spiderman 2:18 pm
I know I posted a while back about our search for an art teacher. Well, we found one and she rocks! We go to The Creative Side in downtown Fredericksburg and work with Miss Kathleen. Raymond really enjoys it, and he seems to have a real talent for it. I’ve posted some of his art below.
Happy birthday to me! Reflections on the last year. Monday, Jul 2 2012
Musings and Philosophy asd, Autism, bike, birthday, exercise, fredericksburg, happy, health, healthy-living, jogging, kefir, nelson, ray, reinforcer, riding, runkeeper, slimkicker, weight loss journey 2:14 pm
I know most folks reflect on the past year in January, but I always get wistful and maudlin around my birthday. I tend to take stock and make changes this time of year because its easier for me. Let’s see how we were doing last year at this time.
First off, I was in Disney World last year at this time, so I can’t say this birthday is better per se. However, I don’t miss the blistering heat or the insane amount of walking we did, so I’m going to say this birthday is just as good only different.
