Finally Something to Celebrate!

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Finally Something to Celebrate!
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Mon, 05-16-2005 - 9:28pm
Hi, to those of you guys who remember me. I post off & on. My 12 yr. old AS dd's softball team won the division championship!!! This is the 3rd yr. my dd has played & this year was by far the best team. The girls & parents were really nice. My dd is a fair player. She can hit well but is not a fast runner & tries to catch balls out in right field. She has improved alot over the yrs. Anyway I am so glad it was a good season & no mean girls like last year if you remember me complaining (Renee) They had a fun pool party & a got trophy & a medal since they won it all. I'm doin' the happy dance. Take Care~ Mary Ann
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Tue, 05-17-2005 - 8:00am
WTG, glad it was a great season and a good experience for your dd.

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Tue, 05-17-2005 - 8:02am
congratulations!!!
Samantha
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Tue, 05-17-2005 - 9:56am

How Fantastic! Congratulations to Sarah!

I was missing you maryann and wondering where you dissappeared to. Glad to see you around.

Renee

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Tue, 05-17-2005 - 10:54am

Dear Mary Ann,

That is great to hear! I love hearing about older kids and how things are going for them, esp. such good hopeful news. Is your daughter going to school in a mainstream situation and how is the social element for her in school? How does she deal with kids being mean and what support are you able to provide to help her out?

My almost 8-year-old son (pdd-nos) is enjoying playing baseball, although we have not signed him up for any organized sports as yet. He watches and cheers for other friends in their organized leagues, and then we play pickup games with those kids and their parents. He also goes to a sports therapist who works on skills and drills, and pairs kids up in groups of 2s and 3s to work on tolerating competition and following the rules of games even when things don't go their way (!) And his AS/PDD-NOS school has afterschool programs etc. where they also work on games and competition.

I am hoping Malcolm will want to participate in sports more and more, and I am seeing this happen slowly already. He will be participating in mainstream daycamp this summer with lots of sports drills and activities, although still in a small group with plenty of counselors. (Hopefully enough eyes on him to stop any cruelty...)

Congratulations!!! How wonderful that she has stuck with an activity she enjoys and not allowed cruelty to interfere with her enjoyment and learning!!! That is awesome, and something that can never be taken away from her.

yours,

Sara
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Fri, 05-20-2005 - 6:49pm
Hi everyone & thx for the good wishes. Softball is the only sport my dd plays & she's not very coordinated but she really likes playing! In response to your questions- Sara, my 12yr. old dd is in a 7th-8th middle school w/ resource help. She has an IEP & is in a lower level math class & lower level english class. She struggles w/ writing & math. She will attend summer school for math as she has a D , despite having tutoring help after school w/ the teacher. As far as school social issues, this has been a problem lately @ school. Her closest friend had her B-Day party last week & invited my dd to her party & then the day before the party, picked a fight w/ my dd & had her mom call & uninvite my dd. I was LIVID. I called her mom & tried to find out why. My dd was upset & couldn't understand what she had done to deserve this. This girl is a trouble maker. My dd told me this girl has been unkind to her before & called her stupid, etc... I told my dd to ignore her & try to make other friends, but this is VERY hard for her. What a drama! Girls can be so mean & they avoid you if you are different in any way. My dd doesn't understand any of this. I was very concerned about middle school but this year was OK overall except for this recent turn of events. Thx for reading & Take care~ Mary Ann
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Sat, 05-21-2005 - 7:08am

Yay! I'm so glad the season was good for her! yay for the nice accepting girls!!

Betsy

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Sat, 05-21-2005 - 9:29am

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Sat, 05-21-2005 - 6:12pm

Congratulations to your daughter and you! Not only for the win but letting her participate at all. Recently my 8 year old ds former teacher said we should grieve because he will never be able to play sports. Well, My Ds wants to play baseball and we are letting him. For you both to take that step boosted our spirits.
Your daughter has the trophy, the team work experience and the celebration party to remember just like everyone else on that team. You have just given us hope.

My 12 year old non special needs child is very athletic but refuses to play sports. Even though my dh and I are very athletic.You never know what your children will be. So, I say to your daughter go for whatever makes you happy and never let anything or anyone stand in your way!

Mitzi