Monthly Archives: January 2012

Children’s Lit

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Nate still loves kids’ books. Whenever we go to the library or book store, he heads straight for the children’s section. Picture it: a 21 1/2-year-old behemoth, sitting on the floor with legs crossed, or stretched out on his stomach, … Continue reading →

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Good Morning to You, Too!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Kind words to start our day: The Katz’, Mission of Complex: Our Journey Through Hyperlexia. I could never explain the love and wonder that this blog has brought me. As one of the first blogs I have followed, the journey … Continue reading →

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Back to School

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

This week brought Nate’s return to SUNY-Cobleskill. He’s set to graduate at the end of the semester, words I never thought I’d write, or say, or even think. While getting the newspapers and bottles together for a trip to the … Continue reading →

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Who’s Autistic?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

Sorry to have been gone all week. I’ve been working on other writing projects. During the last week, I read with great interest the stories regarding the American Psychiatric Association’s impending changes in the definition of autism. Anyone who has … Continue reading →

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No Common Criminal

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

I have Google Alerts set for lots of things, one is “autism.” It ends up being too wide a topic; the stories too numerous. One caught my eye, not in a good way, and dovetails into a recent post on … Continue reading →

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A Different Light

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

When I write about Nate, and our experiences raising Nate, I’m keenly aware that we don’t have a story that all can share equally. Perhaps among parents with hyperlexic children we resonate most fully, but autism unfolds over a very … Continue reading →

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Alpha Folks

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

In early November I wrote a post titled The Next Step. There’s a picture of Nate in his “C Boy” T-shirt and a bit of an explanation on how that came to be. Nate took an independent study course last … Continue reading →

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Technology in the Wrong Hands

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Sometimes Nate will watch a movie with us. It’s hard to predict what films grab him. He wouldn’t watch the final Harry Potter with us, though he was the one who bought it. He did watch Our Idiot Brother, which … Continue reading →

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