Autism Almost 21

When RJC gets frustrated, angry or anxious, her "go to" is to yell, jump up and down (landing especially hard on purpose), hit her...

While RJC spent a week at camp this week and my husband and I had a vacation alone, we truly enjoyed every moment. One of the things we also...

Ten years ago today, I wrote my first blog post.  I have written 106 posts and the blog has been read 35301 times. I never would have though...

  My husband will often reference this saying:  "When you're up to your a** in alligators, it's hard to remember the original i...

We had a plan.  RJC was going to go to her special needs overnight camp for two weeks, for the first time since the summer of 2019. She had ...

We were trying to remember our last vacation with RJC and we are fairly sure it was in 2019. Things have been dicey here with lots of yellin...

6:15 AM or so: RJC loves to help around the house. This morning she was emptying the dishwasher while I was in the next room. She came to m...