As I’ve written about previously, Tad has a best friend named Danny.  They are in the same class at school. And because we’re all on a school break now, Danny’s mom and I arranged to get the boys together for a play date at a local McDonald’s. We planned it for right after Ane and […]

Like many autistic kids, Tad has issues with sleep.  His problem isn’t so much going to sleep as it is staying asleep, but recently he’s had problems doing both. With his new bed, he really doesn’t seem to feel the need to wander about the house at night to find a different place to sleep […]

For a long time, I despaired of Tad ever having a friend outside of his sister. And even that’s not the same thing.  Ane is his friend and playmate, but that’s because she IS his sister and lives with him.  But when she has a friend over, Tad is not generally allowed to be a […]

Tad is doing tremendously well in class right now.  His time spent in the mainstream general education kindergarten class is working out so well that his teacher told me that she couldn’t pick him out of the crowd when he’s working in there.  He does protest a little about going (he doesn’t want to miss […]