http://www.blisstree.com/articles/philadelphia-story-on-the-day-of-the-dead/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:55:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/philadelphia-story-on-the-day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-556363 bonnie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:57:21 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/philadelphia-story-on-the-day-of-the-dead/#comment-556363 Kristina, you made so many great points in this entry, I hope I can comment on the ones I can remember! First off, totally agree about the restaurant thing. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings, a cheesy sports bar sort of place, just last night. But, despite it's cheesiness, has a million tvs, on all channels, music, and space. Most importantly, it has french fries, burgers and people constantly refilling your drink, a must for Casey. Needless to say, Bill and I could talk and enjoy our meal, and so does Casey,while taking in the 100 screens of sensory candy. THe pant thing for us is becoming an issue as well. We have the extra "burden" if you will of trying to find pants with elastic waist, easy if they wear little guy sizes, but when you get up into the 14-16's not much out there except sweats. I like him to be able to wear carpenter pants and jean, but buttons and flys just don't set him up for success toileting wise, and everything I do seems to be wrapped up in setting him up for success. Every once in awhile I find elastic waist pants, and when I do, I buy like 5 pairs. As for the lfa and hfa issue, I have a real problem with that too. People often ask me if Casey is high or low. I say mid, for lack of a better answer. Saying hfa would make people expect way too much, saying lfa would throw him into a man made category he doesn't really quite fit. Once again, categories and titles just really aren't fair and don't really work when it comes to our kids! Kristina, you made so many great points in this entry, I hope I can comment on the ones I can remember!
First off, totally agree about the restaurant thing. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings, a cheesy sports bar sort of place, just last night. But, despite it’s cheesiness, has a million tvs, on all channels, music, and space. Most importantly, it has french fries, burgers and people constantly refilling your drink, a must for Casey. Needless to say, Bill and I could talk and enjoy our meal, and so does Casey,while taking in the 100 screens of sensory candy.
THe pant thing for us is becoming an issue as well. We have the extra “burden” if you will of trying to find pants with elastic waist, easy if they wear little guy sizes, but when you get up into the 14-16’s not much out there except sweats. I like him to be able to wear carpenter pants and jean, but buttons and flys just don’t set him up for success toileting wise, and everything I do seems to be wrapped up in setting him up for success. Every once in awhile I find elastic waist pants, and when I do, I buy like 5 pairs.
As for the lfa and hfa issue, I have a real problem with that too. People often ask me if Casey is high or low. I say mid, for lack of a better answer. Saying hfa would make people expect way too much, saying lfa would throw him into a man made category he doesn’t really quite fit. Once again, categories and titles just really aren’t fair and don’t really work when it comes to our kids!

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