Autism fact: Boys are diagnosed with Autism four times more often than girls. It even showed on our Steps for Autism race team shirts, and we didn’t think about it until we saw the sign on the race route. 9 boys and 3 girls. 25% girl names. D1’s shirt says “I’m running for Calcifer, Eli, […]
Can We Add Your Child’s Name to Our t-Shirts for the Steps for Autism 5K?
We are running the Steps for Autism 5K on April 22nd and I would love to add your child’s name to the back of our T-shirts! Comment here and we will add a name to our shirts for you! Event Information can be found at the Steps for Autism website.
Rigorous Curriculum vs. Using What Works
My son wants to go to college. Maybe my high-functioning, Autism Spectrum teenager will go to college eventually. Maybe he will be able to organize and focus himself enough to tackle the course load that college guarantees. But what if he can’t? Talk in education circles always tends toward thoughts of rigorous curriculum and college […]
Advocacy: Special Needs Parent’s Primary Job
I am a special needs parent, advocacy is my primary job. All parents are in the position of caring for and watching out for their kids, but parents of special needs kids have unique duties. Dictionary.com defines the word advocate as follows: We speak on our child’s behalf. We run interference between our child and friends, […]
Hope for Homeschooling with Autism
Homeschooling with Autism is different sometimes. Me: So is your writing assignment ready to turn in to Miss Liz? D1: (Silence) Me: Please bring me the laptop so I can see your writing. D1 (10 minutes later, minus laptop): Hey Mom, did you know that if you put a Bh and an HH into a […]
10 Benefits of Homeschooling My ASD Son {31 Days of #Homeschooling on the Spectrum}
Confession time: I have been battling a borderline migraine all day, and just have not been able to get my brain to put anything into words. I realize that it’s probably cheating on #Write31Days, but I am reposting an older post for you today instead. Anyone with a child on the Autism Spectrum knows that there […]
What to Say {31 Days of #Homeschooling on the Spectrum}
We hear so many different things from people because we’re raising a child on the Autism Spectrum. What do you say to a mom whose child is throwing the most impressive tantrum you’ve ever seen, in the middle of the grocery store, and he’s 15? Or what do you say when a seemingly “normal” kid […]
A Different View {31 Days of Homeschooling on the Spectrum}
They say that if you know one person with Autism, you know ONE person with Autism. The reason the National Autism Association uses a puzzle piece as their logo is that every single person with Autism is unique. They cannot be confined to a “typical case” description. Each has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. […]
Let Them Move {31 Days}
Today is Day 1 of #31Days and of my 31 Days of Homeschooling on the {Autism} Spectrum series. Please bookmark my landing page, or enter your address in the blue bar above^^ to receive posts by email so you don’t miss any! And as with last year’s #31Days series, if this topic doesn’t apply to […]
Homeschooling on the (Autism) Spectrum
This is my landing page for 31 Days of Homeschooling on the Spectrum. It ended up being much more about parenting and much LESS about homeschooling. I wasn’t planning on doing 31 Days this year. I didn’t really have a topic. I didn’t have anything roughed out. It’s a lot of work. I have a […]