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All Aboard the Toilet Train

A few days ago, Evan suddenly found a new phrase to blurt out at odd times.  He’d look at me, smile, and yell, “Toilet train!” and then collapse into a fit of giggles.  While this wasn’t the first...

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Chain Reactions

Calhan, Colorado high school cafeteria. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Kids with autism are funny, for many reasons.  But one interesting thing I’ve noticed is how they exercise control.  They tend to have...

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Use Your Words

The ways that Evan is learning to incorporate language into his life can be startling. All day, every day, Evan “scripts”—that is, he plays little scenes or plays or books or whatever over and over in...

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Siblings

The profound effect of autism is often felt most acutely by the siblings.  It can be painful see the degree to which even typical children have been transformed by this strange and unpredictable...

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Bath

Three rubber ducks in foam bath (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Evan loves water.  He loves to swim, and loves oceans, and rivers, and baths. He loves water so much that once he left a neighborhood party (in...

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Aware Again

English: Logo of World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, by UN (United Nations). Português: Logo do Dia Mundial de Conscientização do Autismo, 2 de Abril, criado pela ONU (Organizações das Nações Unidas)....

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Language Barrier

Cover via Amazon When I was in high school, I spent a few weeks in Spain as part of a school program.  My classmates and I were divided into groups of two or three and sent to live with Spanish...

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iPad Update

It has been nearly two months since Evan was issued his loaner iPad from the school.  The results have been interesting.  Evan has gotten pretty good at tapping on the pictures to answer our questions,...

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Summer Day

Let me start by saying that waking up and putting workout clothes on right away is no guarantee of future workout.  It just means I’ve somehow, irrationally, become insanely optimistic in the overnight...

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Where Have I Been?

Where have I been, indeed.  I’ve been missing in action for a while, and I just want to keep everyone up to date on what’s going on.  I’ve been blogging for an awesome new site called...

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