Categoryautism

What in the WHAT is Going On?

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been heartbroken with some things that I’ve heard about and read about in regards to teens and bullying. And even suicide. The stories have remained in my thoughts…popping up over and over again in my head. One of them hit particularly close to home because it involved teenage boys […]View post →

Autism Awareness Month – Be Like Ms. Robbie

A few years ago, Presley was heading off to church camp for 3 nights. Bob and I were a little hesitant…what if he didn’t like the food? I mean, even if I fix his toast on a different size bread than usual, he won’t eat it. People on the autism spectrum have MAJOR sensory issues. […]View post →

Presley is 14

FOURTEEN. My first baby is 14 today. When I look at this picture of him, I now see a young man. My baby is gone, my baby boy is gone, my kid is gone – he’s now a young man. His voice has deepened by like 95 octaves, he wears a size 10 mens shoe, […]View post →

THE CIRCLE OF AUTISM – FINAL BLOG POST

The Circle of Autism – Part 3 Blog The last thing I’ll talk about as far as the negative aspects of this circle of Autism is the effect on the marriage. Marriage is hard, right? Marriage is beautiful and a gift from God and most always is awesome, but it’s also hard work. Throw in […]View post →

THE CIRCLE OF AUTISM – PART 2

Let me preface this blog post by saying that the stories below are not intended to point fingers at other people or make people mad at the people in the stories. In fact, I worried about including one of the stories below because I was worried that maybe the person would read this and be […]View post →

THE CIRCLE OF AUTISM – PART 1 BLOG

This is the first part of a chapter I wrote in a book – the chapter is called The Circle of Autism…I will gradually share portions of the chapter. Here it is: 2008 – “Melissa, I’ve been teaching Kindergarten for 24 years and I’ve never had a child like Presley. There’s something going on.” […]View post →