Our three kids in junior high. Today is the first day of school for my traditionally educated children. Our family now has: two 8th graders,…
Sunday we dropped our son with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder off for three weeks of summer camp. Three weeks of summer camp for typical kids.…
We’ve reached a new low in parenting. It’s called Pay Your Teen to Shower. Here’s how it works: Start with one oppositional teen who refuses to…
Sometimes I don’t even know where to begin. You know how frustrated I was with the 18-month wait for his first visit to Autism Center,…
And I really hope you could read the snark in that title. If not, you either a) have not been reading here long enough or…
The CDC and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Mother’s Perspective The CDC has angered a lot of women this week with its suggestion that women…
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder can manifest itself in a variety of ways, person to person. At its core, it is permanent brain damage caused by prenatal…
Post includes affiliate links. Yesterday was a red-letter day for Mordecai. We visited a Subway for lunch. Or breakfast, depending on your perspective. On our…
I have children with special needs. Hearing loss, heart defect…those don’t cause people to raise an eyebrow. A murmur of sympathy for my son who…
It has now been three-weeks since Mordecai broke his foot. His insurance, granted to him as a newborn by Washington State, won’t approve a walking…