Tag: Autism

Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit Registration Now Open!!!

Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit Registration Now Open!!!

The  Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit Registration is Here! After many, many months of hard work and love, I’m so happy to announce registration for the Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit is open! This has been a labor of love. I want all […]

5 Musts for Social and Emotional Support for Families with Autism and Other Special Needs

5 Musts for Social and Emotional Support for Families with Autism and Other Special Needs

5 must do things for emotional and social support of families with autism or other disabilities. How to combat the all-too-common afterthought situation and loneliness. What to do when you stop getting invites.

5 Reasons Your Special Needs Child Should Join the Boy Scouts of America

5 Reasons Your Special Needs Child Should Join the Boy Scouts of America

Hands down, having my boys join the Boy Scouts of America has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.  It has literally been life-saving for my special needs kids. What will my child be able to do?  What are his/her limitations? How do […]

Finding a Way to Overcome Hard Things | Weight Check #2

Finding a Way to Overcome Hard Things | Weight Check #2

Life lesson to overcome hard things. Challenges can be emotional or physical. We tell ourselves stories that may or not be true. Modify your story, your physical or emotional circumstance to overcome. Weight journey.

Vacation

Vacation

I’ll get back to my regular posting next week, but for now I’m enjoying time with my family on vacation. We went to Mount Vernon among other places and it’s been fun. I hope you are squeezing every last moment out of summer!

Cleveland Rocks!

Cleveland Rocks!

Today I’ve got the kids working on their summer assignments.  For my son Lawboy, this means hours practicing his violin and viola for the arts school he attends.  For my own homework, I’ve been working on creating videos.  I worked on this one a few […]

6 Ways to Prepare You and Your Special Needs Child for Camp

6 Ways to Prepare You and Your Special Needs Child for Camp

It’s summertime and if you haven’t already enrolled your child in a camp, there is still time to do so.  If you don’t do it this year, you can start planning for the next.  This post is to help you navigate the extra challenges of […]

Movie Review–“Ant-Man and the Wasp” from our High Functioning Autism Perspective

Movie Review–“Ant-Man and the Wasp” from our High Functioning Autism Perspective

I’m going to make this easy–Go see this movie. It’s fun and action-packed and gets back to what Marvel does best. What we knew going in: This movie was to take place “before” Infinity War.  Scott Lang was under house arrest after the events in […]

Epic Mom Fail

Epic Mom Fail

Today: This is hard. Really hard. I’ve been hanging on to this post for a week. I’m frankly scared to post this because, while I’m not exactly a people pleaser (you can’t please everyone all of the time, nor should you try to), I do […]

The Day the Music Died

The Day the Music Died

I know it’s an overly dramatic title. Music is not really dead, but I feel a large part of Firstborn’s life is being put away. Firstborn has been playing in an orchestra since just after his third grade year. That’s roughly 12 years. It has […]