I've been talking about this for the last week or so. Gavin's been having problems in Math class.  He gets frustrated for some reason and we haven't been able to get him to explain exactly what's going on.  We've spoken with his teachers and they assure us he's doing fine. Having said that, he's losing behavioral points because of this frustration, so whether or not his teachers say he's doing fine, clearly something is going on.  I sat him down after school today and recorded him (with his permission) explaining what happened today in Math class.  While it's still frustrating trying to talk to him about this, he actually did a pretty good job or explaining himself this time.  The reason I wanted to share this is because it's important…

It's been a little while since I've done one of these and I had some recent reader requests for more, so here you go.  :-) This is a very simple Autism fact. Please feel free to share this on Facebook or other social media because it helps to break Autism Awareness down into easy to digest bits.  This site is managed almost exclusively from my Galaxy S4. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired "Like" me on Facebook Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me   Setup of an account with Bluehost and I get paid. If your looking for a host for your website or blog. Click the image below and check out Bluehost. It's what I use.

The boys were up way, way too early this morning.  Emmett for one was in a really bad mood.  To be honest, I don't even know what they were fighting about but I believe this was mostly one sided and coming from Emmett.  Elliott did pretty well with Emmett pushing his buttons but before long, the screaming back and forth began.  Like I said, I have no idea what was going on but their routine had changed last night and perhaps that was responsible.  Netflix was down for us since yesterday afternoon.  It's fixed now but it was unavailable at bedtime and when they woke up this morning. Typically, when they wake up really early, they put on a show and go back to sleep.  That wasn't possible at the…

I forgot to share this earlier.  When Emmett got into the car yesterday after picking him up from school, he was so excited to show us this.  Apparently, he was asked to write a sentence to describe the picture.  He did just that.  It's a short sentence but he did it all by himself.  I couldn't be any prouder.  :-) This site is managed almost exclusively from my Galaxy S4. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired "Like" me on Facebook Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me   Setup of an account with Bluehost and I get paid. If your looking for a host for your website or blog. Click the image below and check out Bluehost. It's what I use.

Gavin had a pretty good day at school today.  Unfortunately, he post a point in Math class once again for getting frustrated.  I gotta be honest, I'm not sure I agree with this point system being used this year. There has to be some sort of accountability but some of the reasons these kids are losing points seems really   petty. There isn't a set guideline for what behavior requires the loss of a point.  It's essentially up to the teachers discretion.  Elliott lost a point today as well.  According to him, they were doing a worksheet and the teacher instructed the class that they were supposed to skip some of the problems because they were too difficult.  Elliott says that he didn't hear that because other kids were talking.  Instead…

I'm so proud of Emmett.  He came home from school today and sat right down at his little table and did his homework.  He loves doing homework... Can you believe that??? Holy crap did we get lucky with him...  Great job Mr. Emmett John. Keep on being excited about learning. :-) This site is managed almost exclusively from my Galaxy S4. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired "Like" me on Facebook Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me   Setup of an account with Bluehost and I get paid. If your looking for a host for your website or blog. Click the image below and check out Bluehost. It's what I use.

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I'm going to share this with the expressed purpose of helping you all to understand that it's okay to feel this way. You shouldn't best yourself up for getting frustrated or being overwhelmed by your child with Autism. Last night at Dr. Pattie's, we were trying to talk with Gavin about the problems he's having in Math. We were asking Gavin to explain what kind of problems he's having in Math and he didn't know how.  We literally  tried a million different ways to get him to understand    what we were trying to learn and it just wasn't happening.  I literally got to the point that I wanted to beat my head into the table we were sitting around.  It's not Gavin’s fault and I'm not mad at him but…