With school starting on Tuesday (yay!!), I've been reflecting on how much progress Max has had over the summer. He has a lot more lang...

Today was Max's last day of junior kindergarten. He made it. We made it. As I look back through the blog posts I have written about Max...

This morning I had the opportunity to observe Max in his Junior Kindergarten classroom. I wasn't sure if he would tolerate me being the...

There isn't a day that goes by that doesn't test your inner metal when you have a child with Autism. It may be something relatively ...

watching an episode of Elmo from the kitchen This morning as I dropped Max off at Junior Kindergarten (late as usual), I overhead his tea...

(Max is wearing a pressure vest that provides him with sensory input and helps him self-regulate.) This picture blows my mind.  Mind = ...

For all of the constructive criticism I have doled out about Max starting jk , I also think it is important to balance it out with props to ...

I am used to people liking me. I am used to people being polite and making nice. I am used to people making eye contact with me and acknowle...

Eleven. That’s how many. I sat in a room this morning with ten other adults and talked about my son for 90 minutes. It was really hard. His...

Friday night is always met with a sigh of relief by me, and probably not for the reasons you think.  Sure, not having to get up at 6a.m. and...

Today was day #2 of Junior Kindergarten and Max's last day of day care.  That's a lot of change for a little boy (and his mom).   Ma...

Today is Max’s first day of junior kindergarten and I am FREAKING OUT.  I haven’t slept well the last two nights.  I mean, I think I am ...

Max and Nicky (one of his super wonderful daycare teachers) Max starts junior kindergarten next Wednesday. Seven sleeps until we take his...

And then I barfed. Wait. Let's back up a bit. I was supposed to register Max for JK back in February. While I wish I was "just kid...