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May Roll Call
| Sat, 05-12-2007 - 8:43am |
We havw a lot of new faces around here, and I'm sure more than a few lurkers...
So this is our opportunity to introduce ourselves and our kids properly.

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I am Paula. I am Irish-from-Ireland, but I live on Long Island. I used to work
visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com
I'm Robin, dh Glen, ds Henry--7 years old with undx-so-far AS and ds Mark--22 months. We live in a suburb of Memphis, TN.
My favorite thing about Henry today is that he has really gotten into painting and doing crafts, and I love to do that with him.
Renee here from Sunny SoCal.
2 (possibly 3) of my 4 kids bring me here but even the NT sis can bring me here as we all deal with sibling issues.
Cait is 13 with Aspergers and Epilepsy. She is in a full inclusion SDC program for kids with HFA/AS. This means she is included for all academics with lots of supports like a program aide, etc(ineffective) but they are useless there and don't get it so we are thinking of switching her back to an RSP program.
Mike is 11 with autism (more verbal, high intellect). He is in 5th grade and mainstreamed about 2/3 of his day with a 1:1 aide and supports. It has been wonderful for him despite my current frustrations. However there is no middle school program appropriate for him and with his anxiety so he will be going to a non-public special ed school in the fall for middle school.
Emily is 9 and NT and just a sweet flake. She just dealt with kids pulling her aside in the bathroom yesterday to ask her if she had the weird brother and he was "stupid mike". She stuck up for him. She makes me very proud!
Dave is 7 with SID (or SPD) and ADHD. He had a provisional PDD-NOS dx and likes to flirt with the edge of the spectrum but just flirt with it. The other day he got in trouble for something at school and he was just crushed and I doubt will ever do that again. My ASD kids don't learn that quick from their mistakes so those are the things that give me hope.
What I like most....
Cait - Most recent it is how much she has grown up. I think it is the volunteer work she has been doing. I love how committed she is to it and what a great job she has done with it.
Mike - How sweet he is with little children. He is just the nicest helper with younger or more needy kids.
Dave - How thoughtful he is. He has been working on some sweet mom's day thing for me on his own for days. He always does that kind of stuff. He is very thoughtful.
And Emily (I know you said aspies but I insist on including all cause I don't want to forget any of my kids and leave her out) I already mentioned it above. She is very kind with all kids. Even the kids at school notice it. I have other 3rd graders always telling me they like Emily. She is kind to everyone. She is the first to sit with the kid who no one else likes so he won't be alone.
Renee
Sara from the inner City of New York:
married over 11 years to dh Cliff and mom to Malcolm age 9 until July, dx'ed PDD-NOS and just a super great kid! He is very verbal, funny and has great friends, loves Pokemon and bathroom humor (sigh), writes jokes and children's books, is a terrific actor and singer, super smart and sweet. He struggles with his temper, sensory system very high but he is learning to be responsible for himself, and how to cope. Now (after 10 months of looking) if we could only find an appropriate school --- long story.
He has such amazing courage. Today the poor baby had a root canal. We have a terrific specialist dentist who really gets him, and Malcolm knew in advance that he was going to have a hard time. He agreed to be "papoosed" on a board and wrap, because as he said "My mind will know it is supposed to stay calm, but I don't think my body will be able to..."
On the way in, he made noise, very very afraid but he went into the room and lay on the board like a soldier!!!! He is still recovering in the other room with his Nintendo DS...
He is always my hero.
Sara
I always plan to "keep a copy" of my last Roll Call post, and inevitably forget!!!
I'm Amy, stay-at-home mom and wife of 14 years to Marc (undiagnosed, although self-professed, Aspie.) We have three children, two on the spectrum. Our son, Noah will turn ten on the 10th of June, and he is our Aspie. He's what brought me to this board oh some 5 years ago...and even though I've been around to other places, this is where I hang out most of the time. Noah is fully mainstreamed and is down to "minimal support". Essentially, he gets the most patient teacher in the grade level, and all is fine! He's remarkably smart, and my favorite thing about him is the way he still climbs in bed with me every morning for a quick cuddle before starting the day. He's just as sweet of a boy as you can possibly imagine.
In the middle of our crew is Emma, she's NT and 8 years old. She is truly an angel. Beautiful, smart, kind...and confident enough to stand up to peer pressure. A mom's dream come true!
Our youngest is Claire, she'll turn 6 in August...her Dx is autism. Life with Claire is a combination of constant joy and constant struggle. She's beautiful, loving, smart...but has no understanding of fear, or danger, or strangers. She's recently made incredible strides with language and fine motor skills, for that we are grateful...but she's turning my hair white waaaaay before it's time. My favorite thing about Claire is that she loves everybody completely unconditionally. (Well at least until you walk into the room carrying a banana. She HATES bananas!!!)
Amy
I am Kara, married 13 years to great husband Don, mom to Matthew (9 in July) and Andrew (6 - 3 weeks ago). I am blessed to work part time as a physical therapist, which allows me a lot of at home time with my guys. Matthew is who brings me to the board starting a couple of months ago.
Matthew just received his official "educational diagnosis" of being on the spectrum of autism at school on Thursday. They just called it autism. Ugh. We've known it was coming for a while, but still having to say it out loud to them stunk. He has always been in regular classrooms and done well generally, but struggled with writing. The social skills thing is starting to come up and although he is a very sweet kid in general, he can't quite read the social cues. We have days when all seems right with the world and some very "A" days. We may have some school placement issues for next year as I referred to in earlier posts, but are waiting for the final goals and plan from the IEP.
Drew is my social butterfly and a future student body president. He has never met a stranger, although his tolerance for his brothers quirks is straining his patience. In our social circle he often ends up playing with a lot of special needs kids who would try the patience of Job and he has hung in there.
Both of my children made me soooo proud today playing in their last soccer games of the season. This is the first season Matthew could handle the sensory stuff related to a soccer game. He played so hard, the other parents came up to me and commented on how hard he was trying (although, no goal this season... little guy was disappointed). Drew who had earlier in the season earned the nickname "constant gardner", also had a great game. I guess that's what I love best, our kids may not reach milestones at the same times as their friends, but having seen them work so hard, when they eventually get there it is even sweeter!
I am Melissa (36) from NJ. DH is Paul (37) and kids are Andrew (8), Jacob (6), Abbey (2.5) and Sarah (1).
Andrew is my Aspie. What do I love most about him? Lots of things, but what comes to mind first is his musical ability. He has perfect pitch, a beautiful voice and superb auditory memory. His new song to play on the piano (from hearing the CD once or twice) is "Phantom of the Opera".
I also must add his sweetness and charm (when in a good mood). He just came in and planted a big wet kiss on my cheek and said, "I love you." Gotta love that.
Hi, I'm Michelle and Mom to Dakota and Sierra. Dakota is whom brought me to this site. Funny it was Dakota that brought me to this site but had nothing to do with his diagnosis but the very fact I was pregnant with him at the time. The first time I came to ivillage 8 years ago I was haunty the pregnancy message boards. Of course, what brought me to this message board was due to his diagnosis of PDD-NOS. Sorry, got a little caught up. haha
As for me, I am married to Nathan and we all live in Illinois. I am a RN working at the local hospital.
One thing I love about my boy is how brillant he is and how inquizative he is. As for Sierra, NT, I love how loving and caring she is except when teasing her brother. eerrrr. Both are quite comical.
Shell
Edited 5/12/2007 8:51 pm ET by dragonfly_shell
Hi
I'm Nora from Pittsburgh PA. My son Adam (3 will be 4 in July) is who brings me here with PDD-NOS.
I's only been a year under my belt in this way of "life".
Adam attends a special ed preschool 3x per week and gets out patient speech and OT 2x per week along with a social skills play group. We just had an eval a few weeks ago and is in the process of getting in-home help for some of his "behavioral" issues.
Adam is a very sweet loving little boy who is my sunshine in my day. His smile will lite up a room. He is incredibly smart, but has delays in social skills with peer and speech is delayed.
We LOVE to play in the dirt when helping me plant our garden and is helpful when I bake.
He enjoys other children (thank GOD) but gets overwelmed because he can't communicate on their level----hence mom (me) steps in to facilitate.
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