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It Only Gets Better. Hopefully.

Big announcement to all my readers! I am officially engaged! Well, it’s been a little over a month already, but I realized I hadn’t officially announced it to all of you. I will be getting married to the love of my life on June 12, 2011. Now that I’m engaged, I hear a lot of advice [...]
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A Tale of Two Images

This doesn’t happen to me often. I usually don’t get images when I am praying, singing, etc, but the other day it happened. I got TWO images! They were pretty cool, so I thought I’d share. I usually take people to the cemetery. As weird as that may be, Forest Lawn is the perfect place for some [...]
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I've loved Autism Awareness Month for years now. It was my chance to see great exposure to the cause and learn so much about what was going on with my son during his formative years. The awareness and concern for those on the ASD spectrum is growing by leaps and bounds and there are many organizations in our own area doing great things this month for this worthy cause.
Here is a listing of the NUMEROUS events and activities going on this season to celebrate, raise awareness and treat ASD: more...

Raising a child on the autistic spectrum - my story part III "Occupational Therapy"

About the time of Jayson's 3rd birthday I started talking to more and more people about my experiences. Through these people and some research
I heard that Occupational Therapy would not only help his coordination, it could help his speech. One of my beefs about all this is/was that this was never recommended by the "experts" and was by no means 100% covered by my insurance. Anyway, I found a reputable OT location and Jayson began seeking professional OT once a week. We saw immediate improvement. more...

Raising a child on the autistic spectrum - my story part II "diagnosis but zero help"

It was becoming clear to me that after Jayson's 2nd birthday that I was going to have to do something. We took him to his 2 year appointment at our pediatrician who suggested we take him to a local specialist. I won't name the group that performed the tests. I'll just say that it was a widely-respected hospital group in Michigan. Months and several tests later, we finally were able to sit down with an expert to see what the 4 specialists that observed Jayson and looked at his tests had to say. I'm not sure what I was "expecting" to hear. I was hoping for something definitive along with a course of action. I didn't get it. more...