Just posting to say that after a summer-long hiatus, I will begin updating here again. Gus will be starting school – 4th grade – Holy Cow!! We’ll be trying a new supplement for his ADHD symptoms, mostly so he can try to control his impulsivity, so I’ll record how that works out for us. Soccer season [...]
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Back when we tried Gus on Strattera, one of the biggest problems we had was just getting the medication down his throat. At that point he was about 7 and couldn’t swallow the capsules, so I used the strategy of breaking it open and mixing it into applesauce. The taste was so godawful, though, that he [...] Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal carried an article on Temple Grandin, whom they refer to as, “the most famous autistic woman in the world.” I’m in the process (finally!) of reading Thinking in Pictures, in which she gives a very concrete glimpse into her mind and the mind of many individuals on the autism spectrum, so I [...] How fortunate for me that our annual review and IEP meeting happened to fall on a Thursday. So I can cage two birds at once (I see no reason for violence and killing of innocent creatures). What is instilling gratitude this week? I am thankful that we got all of Gus’s services renewed for next year without [...] Something very ironic happened today. I was looking at affiliate programs and came across the Amber Alert GPS system (see right sidebar). The irony is that last Friday, Gus just got in big trouble, again, for wandering off. With all the progress he’s made this year, this is the behavior that doesn’t consistently improve. In [...] Yup, I played hooky yesterday. Granted, I only have to answer to myself when nothing gets done around here, but I can be quite a pain to work for. At any rate, I’m glad I did take the day because today has already been non-stop. But I’m taking a short break to show the Universe some [...] Thanks to a Tweet by Dana Jonson, I saw this Time article entitled Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting. In essence, the article highlights a small but thorough study done by Mark Rapport that demonstrates when kids with ADHD are fidgeting, their brains are stimulated in a similar way as with stimulant medications. [...] Today was Gus’s ever-stressful, anxiety-provoking annual review. I’ve been mentally preparing myself for weeks now, preparing for an epic battle. I anticipated that there would be fists banging on tables and possibly threats to call lawyers or to remove Gus from the school system. (Okay, so my imagination can get a little overactive, [...] |
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