One of Tad’s really wonderful traits is his ability to imagine.  He can play pretend with ease, which never struck me as strange… until I learned how incredibly difficult and rare it is among autistic children.  You can’t teach imagination – it’s impossible.  And I had never realized until we started this process of ABA […]

My shark boy LOVES his class swimming time.  LOVES it. And because I’ve been volunteering all this time for swimming, the kids have begun to associate me with going to swim.  This is both good and bad – one little girl, Sabrina, begins jumping up and down and flapping her hands in sheer excitement, saying […]

Living with Tad is kind of like taking a long walk through a jungle.  Sometimes, there’s a nice path, and you can follow it for a little while and everything is fine.  Then you round a bend, and THERE’S A TIGER!!  RUN, NOW!! And then things calm down – LOOK OUT FOR THE QUICKSAND! And […]

Last night was the Sunday School Christmas program at church.  Ane was in the musical with the older kids, and sang a two-line duet with a friend of hers during one of the songs.  She did a great job.  It’s hard for me to believe that my little girl is big enough to be performing […]