I know....how can you have a quiet day with 6 children?  Especially when 5 of them have Autism???  Easy,  as we continued to have more children, we had to come to an agreement on how to raise our children.  Should we raise them as children who will contribute to society, or should we let them have Autism be an excuse for their be…[more]

Tonight is Erin, our 11-year-olds very first Middle School Dance. She was so excited that she came home, after school, and told me she was going upstairs to practice her "dance moves".Erin is our daughter who got a karaoke room and stage....she was born to perform. Erin is 11-years-old and 5 foot 8 inches. She is just over 170 pounds..she has AL…[more]

  I really dislike alot of the terms used to describe having an Autistic child....  1. I lost my child to Autism.  2. Autism stole my child.  3. My child was born "normal" (Normal is a city in Illinois).  4. The child I gave birth to is "gone". I also dislike the terms used to try to help an Autistic child...…[more]

When I gave birth to Caitlin, over 17 years ago, it never dawned on me the path I would be on now. Since then, I have given birth to 5 additional children.  5 of these children happen to be on the Autism Spectrum.  The first born and the last born are the most severely affected. So, that being said, here I am...Caitlin is 17 and Kiernan i…[more]

I wrote this on another blogsite in September of 2006...since then we have gotten the Extreme Makeover Home...now, I am just waiting for George and John...ONE CAN DREAM... One Can Only Dream.... I woke up this morning with my 12-year old standing over me...She asks me, "It is 7:10, why are you still asleep?". I told her, "because George Strait and I are…[more]

Okay, this may surprise some people, but maybe not.... I believe that we live in a country, the great U.S.A., that allows us the freedom to say and feel what we wish.  Just ask the A.C.L.U., who defends every creepy organization their is...including NAMBLA... I think Michael Savage has the right to say whatever he feels...no matter how wr…[more]

When Caitlin was allowed to be inclusioned as a Kindergarten/First Grader, we were thrown into a whole new world....We went from the secure world of a fully-inclusioned classroom, where all of the children had a disability of some sort, to Caitlin being the only "disabled" child in the classroom.  My first inking that Caitlin may be dif…[more]

  Back when our oldest was diagnosed with Autism, we did not have the luxury of a computer.  We were stuck going to the library and having to read, if you can imagine, a book.   I really am thankful, now, that we didn't.   I learned so much more about parenting a child with Autism by just, well, parenting a child with Autism.   …[more]

  My husband and I have heard the news "Your child has Autism" six times.   The first time I remember hearing those words, I felt like the doctor just pushed the wind out of me....You see, I had worked with Autistic children throughout college.  These children were in a residential treatment center, many far away from …[more]

  Kiernan went into surgery this morning.  He is now back in his room, eating his vanilla ice cream.  The doctors and nurses want to make sure he keeps his meal down and is fully hydrated and guess what...WE ARE GOING HOME.....