I'm a firm believer in knowledge leading to Awareness. It's not always about making a huge splash.  Sometimes a few ripples can be a great way to start things off. In that that spirit, I would like to share a short series of posts entitled Knowledge is Awareness. In these posts I will share the most basic Autism facts.  While they may seem like commonsense to those of us living with Autism, I assure you that it's not to a large portion of the world. Please help me spread these around and please feel free to share any of the images.  If you have an Autism fact that you would like to see featured, please drop me a line and let me know. This site is managed almost exclusively via…

So far, Monday hasn't been too kind to us. We found out that Gavin has lost OT, PT and Speech.  Lizze still isn't feeling well and Emmett woke up this morning with a mouthful of sores. He's got a round of Benadryl and Advil on board and seems to be feeling a little bit better, at least for now. Over the past few weeks, Emmett appeared to be going into several fever flares that ended up amounting to nothing.  With any luck, this one will follow the same path.  I really try to be the bigger person.  Sometimes I succeed and other times, not so much.  In the case of Monday's, I just can't seem to be as forgiving.  I usually just end up frigging hating Monday's.  How about you?…

I just got a phone call from Condorde Kids, the place the boys go for OT, PT and Speech. Bad news. Gavin will no longer be receiving treatment because insurance says that he's too old and his scores aren't bad enough. Gavin's on disability and has been for most of his life.  Up until a few months ago, that meant that he was on straight Medicaid. Recently, everyone on Medicaid was forced to switch to an HMO provider. Our options were very limited and we had to go with whoever would cover the most.  At the time, everything was fine and Buckeye was handling everything, they were a pain in the ass, but it worked.  Not only has that changed and they won't cover his therapy anymore, they also wondering…

  Gavin's passion for drawing is increasing every day.  Here is his current time favorite drawing he's done.  This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

Welcome to Monday, the single most hated day of the week. I hope that Monday treats you all well and proves to be a positive and uplifting experience for everyone.  So far so good on my end.  I'll begin my day of making phone calls around 9am, when all the doctors are in.  Good luck to all of you. :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

While outside today, Elliott discovered a Cicada still inside its shell. I wanted to show the boys something really cool. We moved this little guy to a safe place, inside a deep bowl, perfect to observe it emerge from it's shell. I explained the process and promised to take pictures while they were sleeping tonight, so they could see what was happening.. This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me