Lost and Tired

From my perspective: 05/31/2012

Lost and Tired — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:58:00 +0000

This may seem like an ordinary door. However, this door is very special to me. In a matter of minutes, my sweet little Elliott Richard will appear in the window and wave to me as he waiting to be dismissed. I love this door because, every weekday, without fail, it delivers my first born to [...]

Problems dealing with repetitive questions

Lost and Tired — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:00:59 +0000

When you’re a parent to an #Autistic child you may find yourself dealing with repetitive questions from your child. For those who aren’t familiar with the joys of repetitive question asking, let me explain. Repetitive question asking is when a person asks the very same question, over and over [...]

Addressing #Autism’s misconceptions with creativity

Lost and Tired — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:28:00 +0000

There is so much misconception in the world about #Autism. There is an assumption that kids in the spectrum are somehow less intelligent than their typical peers. This however, couldn’t be farther from the truth. Kids on the #Autism spectrum are among the smartest there are. What I think [...]

How do you know when you’ve been a parent to long?

Lost and Tired — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

I realized something today. I’ve been a parent for far too long because I’m going around the house singing the theme songs to the kids favorite cartoons. Today, I have been singing the theme to Phineas and Ferb. Actually, to be more specific, it’s Perry the Platypus’s entrance song. Do you [...]

As the school year comes to a close

Lost and Tired — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:14:25 +0000

As the school year winds down, the anxiety is increasing. I don’t don’t mean my anxiety from knowing the kids will be home 24/7 either. The kids are actually very anxious for the end of the school year. If you think about it, when we were kids, we became anxious for the end of the school year [...]

Phoneless for my family

Lost and Tired — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:59:23 +0000

This auction directly helps my family Hello everyone. I’ve been largely absent today because I have had a few things come up that I had to address right away. Basically, we have had some expense come up that I simply cannot cover. However, I have a fix in the works that will hopefully help. As you [...]

How Gavin hurt his hand

Lost and Tired — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:26:10 +0000

If you look a few posts back, you’ll see a picture of Gavin’s hand, injured. We couldn’t figure out how the heck he had done that. We weren’t sure if he had done it during his meltdown or if something else had happened. They reason we were concerned about how it happened was because of the force [...]

Now we have tremors

Lost and Tired — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:56:00 +0000

I noticed yesterday that Gavin is experiencing some pretty severe tremors. He physically can’t stop his hands from shaking. I don’t know if this is something that we should be concerned with. I mean, it makes me really nervous but at the same time, I don’t know if it’s new or has been going on [...]

Final Thoughts: 05/29/2012

Lost and Tired — Wed, 30 May 2012 03:32:06 +0000

While today has been trying, it’s over now and we have all survived together. The appointment with Dr. Pattie went well and Gavin participated to the best of his ability. I don’t know how much Gavin actually retained but the effort was made and that counts for something. Also, Gavin’s hand, [...]

Today’s Victory: Two Players

Lost and Tired — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:54:39 +0000

Today’s Victory goes out to Emmett and Elliott. It’s a rare occasion to see the two of them playing so nicely together. This afternoon, they were both sitting on the couch, playing Sonic Generations on Elliott’s 3DS. They were actually taking turns playing for almost 30 minutes before things went [...]