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Nonverbal...
My son is nonverbal. Do you know what that means? Basically, it means he doesn’t speak or use words to communicate. Actually, he has a couple words. He can say his first name, car, and has a couple one syllable sounds that we now know mean water, shower, pool, outside. But beyond about 10…
Boy how times have changed! Lots are happening in the country that I can’t help thinking about my reaction and life now compared to my initial reaction during the first major shut-down. To be brutally honest, I had a kind of panic attack when they first announced our full shutdown.
A Different Type of Worry……
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” ~Angela Y Davis
Autism is a life-long neurodevelopmental disorder. That’s a fact. You’ll see things online - these amazing stories about kids who rode a horse or did some new treatment and were miraculously better. Yeah. No.…
But Seriously, Who's Counting?
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a blog titled August 10th - about my nervousness and excitement at the thought of school opening up. I didn’t know what July would bring re: COVID-19 cases, but I knew Mateo needs to be in school.
Since then, though, some of my concerns have…