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Tag Archives: Center for Speech and Language Disorders
Making It Not Quite On Our Own
I’m no Romney, but I’ve done well. Yes, I made my own money, or, as Mitt says, “Everything I earned I earned the old-fashioned way.” But without help? Not on your life. Sure, it was my math test results that … Continue reading
Handwriting on the Wall
We were talking here about the daily improvements Nate makes in conversational language. Robbie told us that he was heading out for the night and Nate, instead of his usual, “Where are you going?” asked, “Are you going out Rob?” … Continue reading
Finally Hearing the Right Lyrics
I mentioned Paul Weller in the last post. As my good fortune would have it, Joey and I got to see ”The Modfather” at The Best Buy Theater on Saturday night. The last time I saw Weller live was when he was … Continue reading
Graduation Day
The morning of graduation, I went over the day’s instructions with Nate. I was worried that he wouldn’t be able to hack it for the three hours it would take to get from the start of lining up for the … Continue reading
A Bit of Catching Up
Joey and I visited Robbie in Brazil last week. I have to say I’m not much of a traveller, preferring the comforts of home and the surroundings of my records and books. Not for me a country where you can’t … Continue reading
Tag, You’re It
I was reading an entry on Cafemom.com about whether hyperlexia was autism. Seems like this mom was told her twins couldn’t be hyperlexic AND autistic at the same time. This “serious” assessment was made by her new physician’s assistant and, though … Continue reading
Who’s Autistic?
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
End of the Line Reflections
Today is Robbie’s Graduation/Goodbye Party. In less than three weeks, he’s off to Brazil for a year of Rotary Exchange and, unlike Nate, is well on his way to an independent life. It’s odd to go through oldest child changes with your … Continue reading
In Praise of Video Games
Much of Nate’s free time is spent creating works of art (which I’ve posted before) of shopping centers done in colored pencil. The rest is spent playing videos games, or watching game play on You Tube. I’ve always been a … Continue reading
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The Meaning of Advocacy
One of the first, and in retrospect most important, lessons that Karen and I learned, way back when we first met Phyllis Kupperman, was “be Nate’s advocate.” We were new to the world of autism and hyperlexia, and, besides having to … Continue reading
