Author Archives: carl

Choking is not a game….

Our son has been a handful lately.  I confronted him about it yesterday. I have had very little sleep for the last 2 days.  He hasn’t either.  His body seems to thrive on 4 hours of sleep. Turns out that when I give him his medicine, he has been spitting them out. So we started massaging his chin and throat.  Well, that makes sure he swallows them, but then he goes into the bathroom and makes himself throw up the pills.   He is 10.  My heart  breaks to think that he is starting this.  He says that he wants some free time to himself. So the next business day, I am going to be in touch with his doctor.  I am afraid for his life. Now, I know that at least the superintendent of our school district is reading this.  I don’t much care.  This blog isn’t about you.  This

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a much better day

Yesterday, I was at my wits end with David. Today, hasn’t been perfect, but it has been much better in that there isn’t as much stress. Now if I could just get the kids to do their chores… What is the secret?  I feel like I have been cleaning the same spot all day and not getting anywhere.  Very frustrating. David ate 3/4’s of a package of string cheese and drank 2 quarts of Sunny D this morning.  No wonder he hasn’t been hungry all day.   Tweet #fighting4answrs

Autism Awareness: Moving Beyond Awareness Into Action and Promise

Autism Awareness Month Almost Over, Now What? I have this idea. It goes something like this: we participate in an awareness campaign (like this one for Autism Awareness) and it gives us a sense of purpose, a sense of healing, and even, maybe, a sense of achievement — we did something. There’s something inherent in any kind of cause marketing (just another fancy name for trying to convince you to care about a cause instead of a product) that is almost counterproductive to the purpose and potential it represents. Inaction. There. I said it. The sad fact of the matter is, that the end of this month will come and go, and our lives will be very much the same. For being a family mired in the ‘having of autism’ we won’t suddenly be miraculously understood by that clerk at the store, and we will still feel isolated and alone

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