Archive for the ‘School’ Category

Autism & I: iPad and Proloquo2go

Well, I’m back after a loooooong break from blogging.  Why the break?  It was because everytime I tried to log into this website to update it I got an error message.  And seeing as it was Summer break and the kids were at home, I just haven’t found the time to hunt for the solution [...]

September 7, 2011   Posted in: Communication, Entertainment, Food, Main, School  No Comments

Autism & I: Cheeky little monkey

As I mentioned yesterday, I attended an IEP meeting at Jakes school and when it was done, I visited Jake in his Homebase classroom for a few minutes.  ‘Homebase’ is the room that is reserved for the special needs children, of all ages.  Jake has his own desk, with his name on it in big, bold letters, as well as [...]

May 18, 2011   Posted in: Communication, Entertainment, Main, School  No Comments

Autism & I: To pee or not to pee

Soon after waking up this morning, Jake pee’d, which is definitely out of the ordinary recently.  Often, nowadays, he’d wait until around dinnertime to do his first pee of the day and that can’t be comfortable.  We don’t really know why he’s been holding off – he doesn’t seem to be in pain or discomfort [...]

May 17, 2011   Posted in: Main, School, Toilet Training  No Comments

Autism & I: Riding a Bike

Our exciting news this weekend is that Jakey is learning to ride a bike.  We knew that his EA at school, Nancy, was teaching him, but we had yet to witness his new capabilities. Last year, I could not get him to keep his feet on the pedals.  I’d get one of his feet up [...]

April 25, 2011   Posted in: Entertainment, Main, School  No Comments

Autism & I: Food Rules

Good Friday, huh?  Well, so far, it’s been OK.  Jake woke up cheerful and has been mostly cheerful since then.  Our biggest issue is that he keeps opening the fridge and having a look inside.  Then, hungry or not, he grabs the sandwich meat, the cheese or a fruit cup (you know, apple sauce in a [...]

April 22, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Food, Main, School  No Comments

Autism & I: Please pee!

Jake’s biggest problem right now is toileting. He got up around 9am today and held his pee until 5:45pm!! How does he do that???? That can’t be comfortable. We spent the day and an hour or so away from home today - just a bit of shopping – so Jake was busy and didn’t really find the time [...]

April 10, 2011   Posted in: Main, Photos, School, Toilet Training  No Comments