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Welcome To Holland.
My son was around 10 months old when I started thinking about the “A” word. I mentioned it to my husband a few times and he thought I was off my rocker. We knew there were some delays. Minor at that...
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What’s in a name?
Prior to having my first child, I was an early childhood educator. In my classroom I had this piece written by Emily Perl Kingsley printed off and hung on cupboard. Many special needs parents are...
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FotoFriday – Date Night
Cuyler has had the same support worker at summer camp for the past two years and he has grown quite close to her. Last week he asked her to take him to the musical theatre camp’s production. She said...
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Putting his foot down
I took the kids back to school shopping Tuesday because we had no plans and I knew if we stayed home they would do nothing but taunt, tease and drive each other crazy. I bought them some essentials –...
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I’m in a bit confused as to what to do. I think I’ve decided that I’ll do nothing. Here’s the thing (please don’t judge): Ever since junior kindergarten, Cam has always been in the same class as the...
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Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
Cuyler: “Mom, how old do you have to be to drive a car with autism?“ Me: Cars don’t have autism. People do, silly!! Cuyler (not appreciating my humour): “NO! How old when you have autism can you drive...
View ArticleHe can do it.
He can do it. He can do anything. Anything he wants. Remember when he told me that he wants to drive a car? And I said that maybe we should work on tying his shoelaces? or riding his bike? The...
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Clueless
We know that raising kids doesn’t come with a handbook. Raising kids with special needs? OY! We’re going through this blind. With no help. Cuyler is my heart but lately I have no clue what I’m doing...
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Gratitude
Dear Cuyler’s EA, I just wanted to take the time to say thank you. It was about 13 years ago when you were the Teachers Assisstant in my preschool classroom. Who would have thought that our lives would...
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Sandy vs Cuyler
Cuyler wins. kind of We started talking about Hurricane Sandy on Sunday. Just very subtle preparation for the kids to expect a very windy night and probably no power for a little while. I replaced the...
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Quiet peace.
These past few weeks/months have been some of the most challenging we’ve ever dealt with. Mostly with Cuyler, but life in general has been pretty bumpy. His behaviours are at a high. His stimming is at...
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FotoFriday: Part Two
We live on a fairly small street. On our fairly small street there are 5 children with autism. Since we moved here it has astonished me that there are that many kids with autism on this fairly small...
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FotoFriday: SugarRush
I took Cuyler an Eva to an Autism Ontario event where we decorated gingerbread houses. Cuyler worked SO hard to make his just perfect. Little did I know what he had planned for it when we got home…
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Music to my ears
I’ve lived through the recorder once already when Cam was in grade 4. He took it again in grade 6. He is currently learning the ukulele and I think that’s pretty cool. The notice came home awhile ago...
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Tied up
I wrote this post last August with the firm knowledge that my boy would eventually be tying his own shoelaces. Before I sent those awesome Lego shoes to school I did what I think was probably the most...
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PUBLISHED! (and a giveaway!)
As far back as my memory serves me, I have loved writing. I was a total bookworm growing up and always had my nose between the pages of a book. I had journals and diaries. I would staple stacks of...
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Light it up!
Today is April 2, world Autism Awareness Day. The day that most everyone in the autism community displays the colour BLUE in some way, shape or form. You’ll see the Autism Speaks logo everywhere In our...
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Solo Soccer
Monday night both boys had soccer. Cam had a game and Cuyler had a practice that Eva and I were going to watch. Last week he did really well with following instructions and participating in the drills....
View ArticleForget Holland – Welcome to Costa Rica!
A few evenings ago I heard water spluttering about in the bathtub upstairs. It seemed odd and a little early in the evening for anyone to be in the tub. “Cuy? Are you having a bath?” I called up. “No....
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