Jason’s First IEP
Present word count of WIP: 52,346 After all of his testing by school officials, a date was scheduled for Jason’s first IEP (Individualized Education Program). This is a regular meeting (at least...
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Jason’s Motor Skills and Socializing
Present word count of WIP: 53,057 I came across an old email sent to a PTO colleague toward the end of Jason’s First Grade year. Reading it again these many years later still transported me back to...
View ArticleObsessions, Preoccupations, and Routines
Present word count of WIP: 53,060 One of the main symptoms of Asperger’s is some kind of obsession or preoccupation with a particular subject or object or topic. For some, it’s trains. They can tell...
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Checklists for the IEP
Present word count of WIP: 53,497 I know. I didn’t post yesterday as promised. I’m afraid that the closer I get to the LDStorymakers Conference next week, the harder it’s getting to keep up with...
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A More Social Second Grade
Present word count of WIP: 54,620 By the beginning of his Second Grade year, Jason had made some definite advances. First, it helped that we had put in a pool in our backyard. We wanted to get him...
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Challenges at Church
Present word count of WIP: 53,497 One of the first books I read about Asperger’s syndrome after Jason was diagnosed was a brief, fascinating autobiography entitled Asperger Syndrome, the Universe, and...
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Jason’s Future
Present word count of WIP: 54,620 Today is the last day of Autism Awareness Month…this year. Of course, it comes around every April and who knows what Jason will be up to at this time next year? Jason...
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One Chapter Ends, Another Begins
Present word count of WIP: 56,872 Jason before the Graduation Ceremony He’s done. He graduated. He walked with the Class of 2012 on Friday evening, and received his fancy diploma holder (minus the...
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A New Phase of Education for Jason
Present word count of WIP: 57, 414 Strangely enough, Jason’s elementary and secondary education were both marked by newspaper coverage. The first was The Press-Enterprise newspaper back in Riverside...
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“Wednesday Writer”– Tracy Winegar
As I wrote last week, Tracy Winegar and I share a couple of things in common: we both have sons with an autistic spectrum disorder, and we both wrote novels about it, though she set hers, KEEPING...
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