The boys are running in their 1st race today

The boys will be participating in a kids run this afternoon. It's a little less than two miles but it's perfect for kids. My sister is going to run it with them and we will be there to cheer them on as they cross the finish line. This is just the first of at least two runs they're going to be doing between now and the end of the summer. The only thing that will interfere with this is if it rains and it's supposed to rain. As much as they want to do this, they hate getting wet even more.. 😁

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We Came – We Saw – We Conquered

After all we went through to make it to this bloody movie today, it was worth it. The kids did great and sat mesmerized for the entire two hours and twenty minutes. Avengers: Infinity War was absolutely amazing. It was nonstop action from the very first scene and that helped to keep their attention. I won't talk about the movie other than to say that this isn't the last movie. I loved hearing the boys share their theories as to what happened, why it happened and what will happen. I don't happen to agree with their theories but I love being witness to their brilliant brains going to work.. ☺

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How #Autism can complicate even the little things

What follows is an example of how complicated Autism can make things at times and lengths we must go to work through these complications.. The Autism Dad household is full of nerds. We love video games, science and especially Marvel Comics. It's only natural that we are drawn to the Marvel Universe films and we are.. This all took place on Thursday (yesterday). I thought it would be nice to surprise the kids by taking them to see the new Avengers movie on opening day. I went ahead and ordered tickets for Friday at 3:45 PM. On the way home from school yesterday, it occurred to me that surpring them may not be the best idea, especially when it comes to Emmett. With that in mind, I told the kids…

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Gavin’s is struggling and it’s heartbreaking

Gavin's having a rough morning. He really struggled to setup his IVIG infusion today. At one point, he ran into what he perceived to be a problem and couldn't work through it. Part of prepping his IVIG infusion, requires him to draw up solution into a giant syringe. It's important to remove any air bubbles from the solution because it will interfere with the infusion process. Normally, he pushes the bubbles out before he removed the needle from the syringe but today he removed the needle first. He got upset with himself and was going to just leave the bubbles there because he'd already disposed of the needle. I told him he can't leave the bubbles, so he proceeded to open a second needle and I had to stop him…

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A Major Announcement

I'm going to make this brief because I'm exhausted and need to get to bed. For a long time now, I've been wanting to restore my original blog Lost and Tired because that blog contains thousands and thousands posts that date back to the very beginning of our story. I haven't gotten around to bringing this back because frankly, I need to completely rebuild the site, clean up the old database as well as upload ten gigs worth of media, and that's huge PITA. Thursday morning, I finally decided to bite the bullet and rebuild the site. It was a project and a frustrating one at that but I got back up. It's a very basic site and there will likely be some things that are missing, namely YouTube videos…

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#Autism is NOT one size fits all

Being an Autism parent isn't easy. In fact, it's considered to be among the most difficult things a human being can do. Every person with Autism is unique in their own right. They each have their own unique personality, likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses. In other words, no two people with Autism are the same. As a result of this, every Autism family is different as well. There are similarities of course, but Autism isn't a cookie cutter diagnosis, and neither is Autism parenting. I have three kids with Autism and while they share the same diagnosis, they are very different from one another. Some families, like mine, face very difficult situations, that make life a struggle at times. Other families can be far less impacted and if you didn't…

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I’m a Special Needs Dad, guilty of losing hope

I haven't written a truly heartfelt piece in a very long time. Writing has been such an intrical part of my life for so long now but I feel like I've lost my voice. Writing has lost its meaning and I've lost my passion for it. I'm working to rebuild that part of my life and it's not easy. There are roadblocks I've yet to overcome and others that cause me to veer off course, at least temporarily. That being said, and reasons I can't explain, I feel compelled to talk about hope. I'm not writing about it in a way that's meant to be inspiring to others, at least I don't think it is. I'm writing about how I've lost hope. I'm writing about something very personal and painful…

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Just another example of my kids not coping with change

The boys were surprised and quite upset to see me in the parent pickup line after school today. Apparently, they had it in their head that my Mom was going to be picking them up. She wasn't, at least as far as I knew and I would be the first to know. Emmett was so upset because his afternoon deviated from what he thought it was going to be and he just couldn't move past it. Of all the kids, Emmett is the one who truly struggles with change and deviations from his planned routine. This is just one of many examples where he doesn't cope well at all. You would have thought it was the end of the world or something along those lines because he had such a…

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