I’ve known for a long time that cold has an effect on Gus: The colder it gets, the more hyperactive he gets. This knowledge allows us to prepare accordingly so that we avoid things like 3 am wake-ups. His teacher knows to expect that he’ll need more sensory input than usual, I know to expect difficult [...]
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What’s more fun than a barrel of rage-infected monkeys? Trying to remove a very large, very gross, very embedded, and very engorged tick from your very panicky autistic child. And for extra laughs, try doing it in a supermarket parking lot. Yesterday, my poor Gus found a huge tick behind his right ear. He seemed [...] Gus has a few loose teeth, but there was one that was sticking out and was clearly ready to come out. When it finally got to the point of hanging by a threadlike piece of skin, even he wanted it out lest he accidentally swallow it. There was a sort of approach-avoidance thing happening. [...] I was hesitant to post today because few things put me in a worse mood than the dentist. I was hopeful about taking Gus to see this new dentist because she’d seen MM recently and all went well. Unfortunately, I think I need to head back to square one again. It wasn’t an [...] A commenter had some questions for me, and instead of responding just in a comment, I thought I’d post the answer here in case anyone else was interested. I may do this periodically if anyone’s got a question that requires more than a couple of lines of reply. Q: How old was Gus when you found [...] 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. [...] Image borrowed according to fair use from Paramount Pictures A while back it came to my attention that some theaters offered what they called sensory friendly films, but at the time I didn’t pay much attention to it. We’ve only taken our kids to the movies very rarely, mostly because there aren’t that many movies we’ve [...] Last summer I read a book called Kids, Parents and Power Struggles by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. While I don’t typically read a lot of parenting books, this one stuck with me. Kurcinka talks a bit about temperament and personality types, and what I found most interesting was that some of the extreme manifestations of [...] image by: Ian Britton via Freefoto.com I’ve been MIA for a few days because the weekend was just incredibly busy. I was very excited that Gus had an exceptional time in terms of his behavior. Saturday, the kids spent the day with DH and with their grandfather while Grandmother and I were at a bridal shower. [...] Welcome, sports fans, to the 395,687,630 face-off between Gus and Andrea in a battle royale for the coveted Good Night’s Sleep trophy! In the red corner, Gus weighs in with several weeks of good sleep and a four day weekend, giving him the advantage over his mom. His weaknesses will be a sudden recurrence of his [...] |
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