I have read and shared a couple of pieces just this week (here and here) about a subject that many people just do not seem to understand. Our Kids Are People. One might think that this would be something that should not have to be explained, but believe it or not, it is. Praising your […]
DC has been out of school since 2012. He walked with his class at the high school in 2010 and then moved on to the school system’s Transition Program for the two years between 18 and 21 (“school age” in this area is age 3 to 21 for SPED students). The tiny boy with the […]
Once again I am using my “Other Blog” format over here on this site. It’s Mother’s Day, so I can do what I want. Right? Silent coffee. That is all I wanted today. I am sure we all have that dream. I tried. I really did, but as in all of these other attempts; I […]
I usually use my “Other Blog” (Take Another Step: Life With DC) for posts involving Face Book Statuses, but this was big for DC (and me) so I decided to post it here. It may not seem a big deal to you, but believe me it is a big deal here in DC-land! (How […]
This post is yet another in a long line of posts about the way DC communicates or is not able to communicate. Let me first say, in case you are new here; although he was non-verbal until he was seven years old – DC is now what you would call verbal. Since is is the […]
There are many words and phrases spoken by DC that he does not pronounce properly. Most of the time I will help him to try to pronounce them correctly or at least a little closer to correctly so others are able to understand what he is saying. There are also a few other words that […]
Doug left for his trip to Egypt today. This would be his second attempt to see Egypt; the first time was via cruise but the stop was removed due to the turmoil that was going on there at the time. Before he left, he decided to look at the forecast here over the next few […]
I have a blue light. It is one of those energy saving bulbs that lasts what seems like forever. It has been in my outside porch light for a good 4 (maybe more) years now (and yes, I did notice that there are plenty of dead bugs at the bottom in this photo – […]
I wrote this post when DC turned Twenty- Five. I re-posted it when he turned Twenty-Six, or ‘Twenty-Sixteen’ in DC-speak. Twenty- Five was hard to wrap my head around. ‘Twenty-Seventeen’ (27 in DC-speak) is even harder. We’re moving closer and closer to 30 and I may never get over that. Many times over the course […]
Below is a comment I made recently on another blogger’s post (See: I can’t let it go). Due to the long-windedness of it, one might assume it was in opposition to what was written. Believe it or not, it was not. I did agree with much of the author’s points and began my comment by […]
