I loved the fair as a kid. I went on every ride allowed, checked out every booth, and usually snuck in to see the music acts. I even saw Helen Reddy sing one year.I've been planning on taking the kids to the fair, and since last weekend was the last of the fair, it was either now or never. Saturday was rainy. Which I thought would be good for cutting…[more]

Trusera's "experience the Power of Been There™" is absolutely true. There's nothing like hearing the experiences of someone else who's been through what you've gone through. I witnessed it today, although not on Trusera, but in real life. My son, Maxfield, has Aspergers. He throws tantrums almost daily. Most people have very little tolerance for his tantru…[more]

I knew something was wrong because I'd shake and overheat with even the tiniest bit of exercise. When the endocrinologist said I was probably only slightly hyper-thyroid, I disagreed. He told me to go ahead and exercise. I just haven't been able to do it. I hate feeling shakey. So I got a call yesterday from the endocrinologist's office. The Graves is more el…[more]

Just when I thought everything was going so well. On Friday the kids put our beloved cat, TigerHeart, in his harness and leash to walk him outside. He's a big Maine Coon cat and seems to tolerate the leash better than most cats. Tiger decided to relieve himself in the great outdoors. When I told my daughter that just like you clean up after your dog, she was …[more]

I just ran into this. I especially enjoyed the bit with Daniel Tammet. I read a bit of his book "Born on a Blue Day". All of the savants are fascinating.

I usually post about the troubles with my son who has Asperger's. This story is about me. I was diagnosed with Grave's disease a couple of years ago. I took methimazole for 18 months. I thought I was cured until last month they did a blood test and noticed my thyroxine count was way low. So I scheduled a thyroid scan a few weeks ago and today was the lu…[more]

TheZach posted this story a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to see if my message to the school district had done anything, so I googled. It's good to know that "Barton said Alex has gotten an outpouring of support from all over the world. Many parents have shared their own struggles with school districts, she said." I look forward to seeing how the St. Lucie County School District responds.

It's hard to get my kids out of the apartment, but I still do at least once every weekend. I steel myself for the fight to get them out. Sometimes I wonder why I bother. Like today.After a couple of hours of tantrums and delays and "oh I didn't know you were waiting", I got the kids in the car to go to Seattle Center. We found parking on the street and…[more]

I have dance class every Thursday night with a bunch of hippies. I'm not a fan of hippies, but they seem to like my kind of dance (5 Rhythms). I've learned to put up with them.Halfway through each class the teacher has everyone gather round in a circle. We introduce ourselves in turn and people mention whatever they'd like. Some will talk about how they've …[more]

Getting home yesterday after picking up my daughter from school, we see Max dragging himself down the sidewalk from his bus stop. He's moaning and clearly miserable. I tease him by saying he needs to moan a little louder - then demonstrate with my own loud moans. So the dude moans louder. He hands me a note from the school nurse. He had an acc…[more]