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Autism Parenting: Has Your Child Outgrown An Aide? (Part 2)
In my last blog, I discussed when to consider weaning off your autistic childs aide. I also mentioned how to begin the process.How do you begin the process?I believe the parents must meet with the entire the IEP team and discuss beginning the process of weaning off the school aide. Make sure to have a thorough plan in place by the end of the IEP meeting. This includes concrete strategies that can …
An “Autism Speaks” Talk at My Son’s School
It took me one year.But, I did it!I arranged to have an employee from Autism Speaks (a good friend of mine) speak at my sons school to the upper grade kids and the facility.Why did this take a year? I began to talk to the principal one year ago. I asked her about the procedure getting something like this done. What did I want? she asked. I wanted a representative from …
One Day At My Son’s School
I had a great experience at my sons school the other day.What happened?I took my son to school. After dropping him off, I wanted to visit my sons speech teacher to loan her a book (Ido in Autismland) that I thought shed enjoy reading. I felt a lot of the content of the book applies to speech.On the way to the speech room, I ran into my sons …
I Hated Every Minute Of Bed Rest
In spite of my good intentions, bed rest and I were not friends. In fact, we were enemies. My happy mood didnt last long: I started to become depressed and slightly insane. I say slightly, but my husband and those closest to me would probably use the term totally insane.I was placed on pregnancy-induced bed rest at 17 weeks gestation due to a hemorrhage that almost took my life, as well as my …
Mortified: A Novel About Oversharing
Meredith O’Brien, a longtime ModernMom contributor, explores the idea of blogging – and where to draw the line between sharing personal anecdotes and overharing in her new novel. Below is an adapted excerpt from Mortified: A Novel About Oversharing by Meredith OBrien (used with permission from Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, Inc. 2013):