What do you feel when you hear the laughter of children? My initial answer would be, happiness. But what do you feel when the laughter of children is happening at the expense of another child? My answer would be sadness. This is what I felt around 7 o’clock on Saturday night.   Casey and I read more…

Wiley Age: 10 Utah Story of hope by mom I sat down by myself in the back of an elementary school auditorium, waiting for the 4th grade program to begin. There was Wiley, on the back row, fidgeting while the audience was being seated. The last thing I said to him was, “Look, just do read more…

When I first started this blog, I started to reach out and connect to other autism mom bloggers. During the process, I came to find many blogs written by autistic individuals themselves. While the mom bloggers proved to give great perspective, support, and, encouragement, all of which I needed then and continue to need, the read more…

  Picture cards are a phenomenal therapy tool. Dawn uses them quite a bit during her speech sessions. Today Cali was working on describing pictures. For a long time Cali has had the tendency of describing a picture using only colors. Dawn would show a picture of a cat and say, “Tell me two things read more…

My week of goodies turned into one day of goodies. Ooops! I guess a vacation in the sun drained all brain function and only allowed for relaxation and fun. I still have a couple of posts I would like to share with y’all. Post from other bloggers who happen to be some of my favorites. read more…