All Done IEP
When Nigel was about six and seven and using some spontaneous speech, he would tell me when he wasn’t comfortable with a situation. “All done rafting,” he said when I took him rafting on a mild part of...
View ArticleHomeschooling Hurdles
Search engines amaze me. We can type in anything and in mere seconds, dozens, even hundreds and thousands, of listings pop up in some configuration of what we typed. We could spend days reading all of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Picture Day
Often it’s the little things that really make your day. With homeschool pictures, you get to choose the day, you get to take as many shots as you want until you get a good one, and you don’t have to...
View ArticleWhen Autism Does Not Equal Liking Math
There’s a saying in the autism community that you’re probably familiar with. “If you’ve met one child with autism, you’ve met one child with autism.” This loosely translates to “When an autistic teen...
View ArticleSelfism
I suppose many typically-developing teenagers question why they need to learn certain things in school, or why they need to take a certain class. And you can usually reason with them along the lines of...
View ArticleWinter Break
Remember when it was called Christmas Vacation? It amuses me that even what we call our seasonal time off must conform to political correctness. But that’s okay. I actually prefer the name change,...
View ArticleChanges
That David Bowie song is playing in my head – “Ch-ch-ch-changes . . . Turn and face the strange changes . . .” Nigel and I have some big changes ahead of us. It’s been a year since I began...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Autism and Writing
Sometimes, when I’m writing, I just don’t know where to begin. A quote is nice as a hook, and so is a well-crafted topic sentence. Once I figure out the beginning, I can usually organize my thoughts...
View ArticleThere’s No F in IEP
This week Nigel received his mid-term progress report for his first term back at regular school after over a year of homeschooling. He is receiving an F in math, and I am not surprised. What’s that you...
View ArticleEnd of an Era
With the school year ending, it’s time for me to hang up one of my hats – for good. For the past year and a half, I have been homeschooling Nigel, and in September he will attend the high school for a...
View Article
