Well after a decent summer it is time for our son to get ready for school again as in only two more weeks he will be back doing his normal school routine. We are due to meet with his TA’s and teacher before the school year though we have not been told yet when […]
A Sad Look at Autism
I originally saw this story on another blog and felt I should share it All too often we hear of tragedies involving children with autism. A few months ago I wrote about the killing of James Alenson by his classmate who was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (see these posts: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/radical-behaviorist/201004/aspergers-syndrome-trial; http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/radical-behaviorist/201004/john-odgren-guilty-aspergers-not-guilty). Today I […]
Travel Time: Mostly Good Times
One thing that we have I would almost say instilled in our children from birth is a love of traveling. Both short and long distance travel. Both of our older children, have travelled by train for a two day trip from Toronto home to NB. Our original up to Toronto with our eldest daughter, was […]
Remember it is Your Child the Government is Neglecting
In my life i have two big things that involve my time. One is my family and therefore our autistic son and the other is Politics. As a general rule i tend not to involve the two blogs however there is a point that needs to be made not only to those who follow my […]
Summer Vacation Continues
As Summer vacation continues we find more and more we are having to make greater efforts to find things for our son to do. He is as summer continues becoming increasingly bored and harder to please. Early on in the vacation we were caught with the dilemma of the fact that he was basically confiscating […]