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Tag Archives: College
Decade
Friday I took Nate down to Oneonta for a fun few hours of Taco Bell, Office Max, Wal-Mart and Bearded Dragon Comics. That’s Nate’s idea of a day well spent. As we drove away from our house, Nate reminded me … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, College, Cooperstown, Doug Miller, Hyperlexia, Margrethe Lauber, Mission of Complex, Strip Mall Art
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College Visit
College visits are tricky. Nate loves to tag along – there are new bathrooms to see, new restaurants to visit. How Robbie and now Joey feel about Nate joining us for these important sojourns is complicated. They’re fine with him … Continue reading
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Tagged Autism, Bathrooms, College, Culutre Club, Hyperlexia, Interaction, Karma Chameleon, Mission of Complex, SUNY Purchase
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Right Where We Didn’t Want to Be
Man, is everybody sick? For the last week I’ve had a bad cold, severe sore throat and other viral symptoms I’d rather not discuss. It’s certainly not conducive to writing. This morning Nate went out for the second of three … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, College, Cooperstown, Hannaford's, Hyperlexia, Independence, Mission of Complex, Perspective
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End of the Year
And so this is Christmas and what have we done? Well, for us it’s been an amazing year, especially in the Nate world. There was college graduation, the gallery show at Leonard Tourne in SoHo, the opening of StripMallArt (Nate’s Etsy … Continue reading
At the Bottom of the Ladder
September 2012. There’s no school for Nate, for the first time over 15 years, but we have a plan. I was thinking after graduation how to fill Nate’s time, how to make him productive. We know he has the skills; … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, College, Cooperstown, Hyperlexia, Independence, Interaction, Margrethe Lauber, Mission of Complex
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Happy Birthday Nate
Today Nate is 22. His 21st year was filled with milestones: college graduation, Manhattan art show, beginnings of Alpha Folks business. You’ve read about it on Mission of Complex. So today is one to celebrate and we plan on it … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, Chicago, College, Cooperstown, Hyperlexia, Mission of Complex, Pizza, SUNY-Cobleskill
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Apples and Oranges
We took Robbie to Oswego yesterday to start college (Nate, Robbie and I went on a visit there two years ago: http://missionofcomplex.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/road-trip/ ). It was wonderful to move him in – his records, fridge, etc. – and his room is … Continue reading
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Tagged Autism, Bathrooms, College, Hyperlexia, Independence, Mission of Complex, SUNY-Cobleskill, SUNY-Oswego, toilaroids
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A Different Medium
Digging through Nate’s room last week, I came across some of his 3-D graphics work he made in an 11th grade course. It was a class that, as the ballplayers say, was right in his wheelhouse, a fat pitch that fed … Continue reading
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Tagged Autism, College, Cooperstown, Hyperlexia, Mission of Complex, SUNY-Cobleskill
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Goal Books
We’ve been moving out a lot of clutter the last week and Karen found a piece of loose-leaf titled “Goal Books.” It’s a handwritten document laying out the framework for a volume fo 100 goals, 1-2 per page with illustrations. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Folks, Autism, Bathrooms, College, Cooperstown, Friends, Hyperlexia, Interaction, Mission of Complex, Perspective, Self-reflection
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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
