Tag: Autism
A Longer Introduction to Us
Our Mostly Autism Family I thought I should post a little longer introduction to us and our special needs / Autism family. It’s a bit too long for the “about” section, so I’ll tag it here. I have six children–four boys, two girls. All four […]
Things You Should Never Have to Say to Your Children, (But Have Actually Said to Them).
This is an older post from my old blog with a few new additions. I thought it would be a fun way to start things off here. I’ll post the funny things my kids have said on another day. In no particular order, here they […]
Welcome to 8 Busy Bees!
About the new WordPress site and a little about me I am a mom to six kids–four of whom have special needs and are on the Autism Spectrum. The youngest has been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder and Generalized Anxiety. This blog is to share […]
Scout Mom and Our Scouting Month
I plan on posting soon about the reasons I think Scouting is a great thing for boys–especially those on the autism spectrum. For right now I will say this has been the scouting month. We had our Pinewood Derby We had our District dinner, which […]
Song of My Heart
Have you ever heard a piece of music that so completely speaks to you? Okay, this may sound strange, but I was in the car the other day and listening to mp3’s. (That by itself is not really strange). I have a love of big […]
UPDATED: Review of DAS at Walt Disney World
It’s November 2015, and a few changes have been made to the DAS system. As most people know, Disney World has been moving over to a system using Magic Bands. At the time I wrote this in November 2013, there were still FastPass kiosks where […]
Autism Parenting is Lonely
There is just no other way to say it. Parenting (in general) can be hard enough. Parenting special needs children can present a whole new slew of challenges. You have to be creative in a million different ways, develop and use more patience than you […]
Letter to My Nieces and Nephews on Autism
This summer we were getting ready for a family reunion. It had been ten years since the entire family was all together at once. It was three years since my kids had seen all of their cousins. The last time we had an unfortunate incident […]
Misunderstandings
It’s taken me a long while to write about this because of how sensitive the feelings of those involved are. Let’s first visit the day we found out that not only was Acroboy on the Autism spectrum, but that he has ADHD as well. I […]
Music Man
Lawboy has applied to the performing arts high school Firstborn attends, AND BEEN ACCEPTED! The competition was tough. Several violinists auditioned and only four were accepted. I am bursting at the seems with pride in his accomplishments. I was hoping he would get in–my dad […]