This is kinda random but I was reminded today that we still have a great deal of work left to do.  We have been working with Gavin for years on his pencil grip.  You can see in the pictures below how awful it is.  I use the word awful because he's doing physical damage to his first finger and may end up requiring surgery at some point.  You can see, especially his middle finger,  at the top joint, is hyperextended.  It looks so painful.  I'm sure a potion of that his aided by his loose joints but still. We first noticed this years ago because he was literally snapping crayons and pencils due to pressure exerted by his fingers.  When he was evaluated,  they said that he was going to…

Well,  Emmett hasn't had an actual fever flare in quite some time.  He has instead mostly gotten the mouth sores alone.  However, this time he's definitely spiking a fever and is miserable. I have to run out and get some more advil to control the fever.  I hope this cycle goes quickly and doesn't drag out the usual 10 days. This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

Today's #Autism Discussion is about what you felt when you learned that your child has #Autism? What was your initial reaction to hearing those words for the first time? For me personally,  it literally felt like my entire world was made of glass and had just been shattered. That the only way that I can describe it. Please share your experience in the comments and hopefully by learning you aren't alone, you'll feel less isolated.   This is the best way I can think to describe what I felt. [youtube width="640" height="420"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af8mB9ABuJA[/youtube]    

I'm standing outside Gavin's bedroom door quietly listening to him have an enormous, violent tantrum.. I was outside with the two E's and Gavin was giving Lizze a hard time.  I brought everyone back into the house and sent them upstairs with a snack so I could help Lizze. Gavin was still being uncooperative and I finally had it and told him that he would not be going anywhere tonight. He needs to learn to treat his mother with respect before he gets to go have fun at Grandma's house. The second he heard that, it was on.  He went from zero to tantrum in nothing flat.  He immediately took to stomping his feet and screaming. When I say stomping his feet I mean shaking the entire house.  We tried…