Good Morning!

There was wonderful chat with Mr. A's speech therapist- (she stayed after school Friday to speak with me).  I am enlightened to what she and others are doing in school as to his conversational skills.  She'd put it to me... He hasn't a script.  We've (I've) got to provide one and starting at the basics is not something in middle school addressed.  I can say if we don't do this we will be speaking in circles for a very long time!

As luck would have it we spent the weekend alone and I put these new-found skills to the test.  Pleasantly surprised with The Words we were told to  use, conversing did actually happen.  Small ones sprinked thru out our weekend, but nonetheless there.   Primary wh questions are keys.  As to his focus, the simplicity of On/Off Topic were as like clever spells of Ms. Granger!

Enjoy this day.

On Sunday morning things were so different.  Monday brought a new set of troubles!  Actually, the home troubles blossomed into school ones when our boy took IT out during a mainstreamed class.  While I was at work, the phone rang at home and no-one had the guts to say why I had to call them back.  Of course it was late so I telephoned the administrator and got my answer. 

He doesn't acknowlege why he did it, only repeats when.  He fell short of tellling and that's all we want to know. 

PS:  Did anyone read about the woman in England who torched herself and disabled daughter in a car?  She was being harrassed by youths and couldn't take it anymore.  She left a 16 year  old boy to fend for himself.  

Hello All,

We are a family of four with Mr. Autism as our first born.  (I call him that out of love.)  He is 14 and well into puberty.  Next came another son age 13 & attends regular middle school.  We have two dogs, both of which we feel teaches there are other living things and the world does not revolve around one person.  One of the dogs is 9 and we had told a neurologist we were thinking of a puppy.  He seemingly without thinking said no..Needless to say, we threw his opinion out the window.  Thru this, we have found doctors are not all-knowing.  One must take what they say and think long and hard about it!

It takes time for a pet to get into the heart, some get there quickly but others take some getting used to.  Mr. A still says to me, We love our dog, right? During this past summer we have a new puppy- a little dog.  Bob/Mr.A doesn't like the smell of their food and has for years refused to go down the pet food isle while shopping - but overall he is very tolerant of both dogs.  He is even petting them now- although the older dog is too big to pickup comfortably he will pickup the small puppy and hold him like a sack of potatoes! 

My point is we must take life and trust our judgement.  There are days that we ask why but there are also the other ones that make it worth doing.

I am so glad to have found this forum!  Have a great Sunday.