Autism Journey Day 23-I began substitute teaching as an escape and a way to make some extra money. I only did it about one day per week to start. The grandparents helped by watching Paige and getting her to school. A trusted educator noticed that when my in-laws brought her to school she was much more aggressive. I began investigating. My in laws treated Paige to McDonald’s … [Read more...] about Janet’s Autism Journey Day 23
Autism Journey Day 22-Our house is on a corner. The elementary bus stop for our kids was always right at our corner. I always watched them from the window until the bus came. As Paige got older we could go outside to do that, but in her younger days I would have been chasing her everywhere. One day she was in her room which was upstairs. I knew she couldn’t get in much trouble … [Read more...] about Janet’s Autism Journey Day 22
Autism Journey Day 21-When I think back on how my life has changed because of that little baby who was born almost 25 years ago, I am amazed and I feel so fortunate!! It was such a shock to get pregnant when Spencer was 6 months old, but it was an event that radically changed the course of our lives. We moved into a bigger house and all of the kids have done their growing up in … [Read more...] about Janet’s Autism Journey Day 21
Autism Journey Day 20-Our older kids were both involved in sports. Typically I stayed home with Paige while Brad took them to games. I felt so guilty about this. All of the other parents were able to go. I wanted to watch Spencer play baseball and Shelby play volleyball, but the meltdowns I knew would occur and I worried about embarrassing our other kids. So much guilt!!! I … [Read more...] about Janet’s Autism Journey Day 20
My Autism Journey Day 18-The house across the street from us sold and a new family moved in. They had two boys and Spencer wanted to meet them. We went over to introduce ourselves. I still remember Paige was in a huge Blue’s Clues phase. When we told her to say “hi” she said, “Hi, Steeb (Steve).” The neighbor boys heard her say that each time we met a new member of their … [Read more...] about Janet’s Autism Journey Day 18