Places on the Spectrum

Thank you to everyone who has been following this blog, and to those of you stopping by for the first time! However, the time has come for a new home- PlacesOnTheSpectrum.com All of the posts fro...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/a-new-home/

 If you know me, you know that I’ve never really given a rat’s ass about politics.  I consider myself a Democrat, but a moderate one.  I often say to myself, “I really should read the pa...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/yes-im-only-a-bill-and-im-sitting-here-on-capitol-hill/

I received an email a few days ago requesting 1-page letters from military families who have children with autism to be read at a Senate Subcommitte hearing this Wednesday.  The hearing is to ...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/to-the-senate-armed-services-subcommittee-on-personnel/

It was the evening of November 13, 2006, only 5 days after SB’s devastating autism diagnosis.  I placed him in the bathtub for his bath, just like I did every night.  He had never complained ...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/rub-a-dub-dub-im-afraid-of-the-tub/

In late 2008, when SB was 3, he became very good at jigsaw puzzles.  He wanted to do them all the time.  My husband and I were thrilled!  No, we were BEYOND thrilled!  For years, he had spent...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/using-rigidity-to-my-advantage/

I have been in kind of a funk lately.  I don’t know exactly why.  Work, kids, autism (duh!), the weather, a sore throat, the alignment of the planets…who knows?  To make myself feel better...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/sbs-strengths/

It’s not an easy thing to talk to someone right after they have a death in their family, but at least there is an accepted script to follow.  “I’m very sorry for your loss,” or “You ar...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/saying-the-wrong-thing/

When SB was diagnosed with autism at 20 months old, he still had no words.  Nada.  None.  Zilch.  Zero.  Oh, he made plenty of vocal sounds.  He said things like, “Ti-ka-ti-ka-ti-ka” an...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/go/

Today’s post is somewhat of a follow-up to my post on February 27, 2012.  That essay, titled, “I’m not an ABA therapist…but I play one on TV” was about teaching SB how to play with toy...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/dum-ditty-dum-ditty-dum-dum-dum/

So far, I have filled most of the space in this blog talking about SB.  His place on the spectrum is more severe than his younger brother, and he has needed more intense intervention.  Also, we...

https://placesonthespectrum.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/how-many-signs-do-you-need/