Freak Parade

May 16, 2007 - 9 years old. I am marking this date. Today is the day I heard the words “I love you,” from The Boy for the first time - ever. Yes, ever. It seems a bit late to be writing such a thing in a baby book - I don’t recall a space […]

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I read it and I bristled. I admit it. I don’t like having to admit it. I am talking about this post, in which another blogger (who I love, by the way) mentioned Asperger’s in a way that made my highly sensitive, mother bear hackles raise. And I was surprised by that fact. I absolutely […]

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Settling into The Boy’s diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome has been like breaking in a new pair of shoes. Stiff and unfamiliar, at times rubbing uncomfortably, leaving a painful blister here and there. Now obviously, The Boy has not changed since the diagnosis. No, his personality, his struggles, his strengths, his weakness, his idiosyncrasies they remain […]

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Tonight I read this post…and then this post. They talk of eleven year old Teddy Willis who is autistic. With April being Autism awareness month, he thought it would be a perfect opportunity to share his experience with autism with his classmates during a class discussion, but was told he could not.
“During a morning meeting […]

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Because I do. Really.
The Husband and I used up 3 precious babysitting hours to attend an Asperger’s/High Functioning Autism support group. I made plans for us to go while in the throes of a particularly rough week with The Boy. I thought, “A support group? Sign me up, because I’m all about being y’know…. supported.”
I […]

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So I’ve been pretty overwhelmed with dealing with The Boy lately. I have been so torn, balancing my need to write my thoughts about it, and respecting his right to go through his struggles privately. Some days the hurdles seem so great…the obstacles insurmountable, that I want simply to crawl back into bed and pull […]

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If you have never seen this site, you should go now.
Here is my freaky (and now very fat fluffy) cat in some I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? fun. Don’t let mine keep you from visiting the site. My lolcat pictures suck, but the site is muy funny.
PS. The Boy has a new post up at his […]

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Another post about my angst over The Boy. It has to be so trite and just plain annoying by now. Hell, it annoys me. In our meetings with the psychologist, something new…and yet old…has surfaced.
I don’t want to get into details because my brain is tired of rolling it over. But the script reads blah, […]

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