Comments on: The Bicoastal Boy: Where Will Charlie Live When He’s Older? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:57:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Like Mother Like Charlie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-546572 Like Mother Like Charlie Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:10:57 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-546572 [...] and the start of Extended School Year on Wednesday. We’ve only been visiting my family on the west coast once a year at Christmas for some time, as, for some years, the airplane rides had gotten too [...] [...] and the start of Extended School Year on Wednesday. We’ve only been visiting my family on the west coast once a year at Christmas for some time, as, for some years, the airplane rides had gotten too [...]

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-554436 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:04:01 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-554436 I know exactly how you feel. We felt that we had nowhere to go....... We finally gave up on private programs and found a public one that has been very good for Charlie. I don't even want to think of those wait lists! I know exactly how you feel. We felt that we had nowhere to go……. We finally gave up on private programs and found a public one that has been very good for Charlie. I don’t even want to think of those wait lists!

]]> By: Jane S http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-543816 Jane S Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:55:33 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-543816 Yes, an hour on the bus. We were told the same thing ...that she is too old. I have difficulty coming to terms with that..how could she (and Charlie) be too old when she is only 11 and has a whole life ahead of her?? On a macro level, where will all these children go? There are about 200 students on their wait lists. Yes, an hour on the bus.

We were told the same thing …that she is too old. I have difficulty coming to terms with that..how could she (and Charlie) be too old when she is only 11 and has a whole life ahead of her?? On a macro level, where will all these children go? There are about 200 students on their wait lists.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-556461 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:25:48 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-556461 Charlie's the same age----an hour? Will she be on a bus? I know how the rejections feel. We tried to get Charlie into many private schools when he was 7 and were told that he was "too old." Charlie’s the same age—-an hour? Will she be on a bus?

I know how the rejections feel. We tried to get Charlie into many private schools when he was 7 and were told that he was “too old.”

]]> By: Jane S http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-556458 Jane S Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:13:36 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-556458 Kristina, I am in Central NJ. She has just been accepted by one of the schools (and rejected by 13) for the next academic year. The one hour commute on the free way is not something I am looking forward to. I know how you feel about the "leaving it all". It is still scary for us. She's 11. Kristina, I am in Central NJ. She has just been accepted by one of the schools (and rejected by 13) for the next academic year. The one hour commute on the free way is not something I am looking forward to. I know how you feel about the “leaving it all”. It is still scary for us. She’s 11.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-556421 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:24:25 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-556421 @Jane S, great to "meet" you----are you in northern or central Jersey? "Leaving it all" was a huge and scary step for us, and I feel lucky every day. Hope you've found the right school for your daughter---if I may ask, how old is she? Very very best---- @Jane S, great to “meet” you—-are you in northern or central Jersey? “Leaving it all” was a huge and scary step for us, and I feel lucky every day. Hope you’ve found the right school for your daughter—if I may ask, how old is she? Very very best—-

]]> By: Jane S http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-554410 Jane S Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:22:05 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-554410 Kristina, I noticed the similarities in our lives from your post. I had just moved to NJ too from the Midwest in search of a better school for my daughter. We left our jobs, financial security, family and friends. My side of the family is from Asia. I do wonder and worry about where my daughter will live when she's older.... Kristina, I noticed the similarities in our lives from your post. I had just moved to NJ too from the Midwest in search of a better school for my daughter. We left our jobs, financial security, family and friends. My side of the family is from Asia. I do wonder and worry about where my daughter will live when she’s older….

]]> By: Bonnie Sayers http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-550987 Bonnie Sayers Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:17:37 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-550987 It is just the opposite here, although I have no plans on leaving CA since the services for the boys are better as they get older, or so I think, but really do not know and Nick wants to work at an animal sanctuary. I am thinking of going after high school years down to San Diego for there is a school there that Mark Rimland goes to that I have heard highly of and Sea World is there also. If Nick changes his interest again from Big Cats to Dinosaurs we researched for a school report in fifth grade U of CA at Berkeley and would go up there. My family is all in NJ but I am doing this all by myself without their two cents, that would be straining on me and also negative. It is just the opposite here, although I have no plans on leaving CA since the services for the boys are better as they get older, or so I think, but really do not know and Nick wants to work at an animal sanctuary.

I am thinking of going after high school years down to San Diego for there is a school there that Mark Rimland goes to that I have heard highly of and Sea World is there also.

If Nick changes his interest again from Big Cats to Dinosaurs we researched for a school report in fifth grade U of CA at Berkeley and would go up there.

My family is all in NJ but I am doing this all by myself without their two cents, that would be straining on me and also negative.

]]> By: A Future With Autism http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-553845 A Future With Autism Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:36:58 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-553845 [...] been thinking ahead about a Special Needs Trust for Charlie and about where we might live (maybe in California, as my extended family is there)—I focus most of all on making sure our days with Charlie are [...] [...] been thinking ahead about a Special Needs Trust for Charlie and about where we might live (maybe in California, as my extended family is there)—I focus most of all on making sure our days with Charlie are [...]

]]> By: 8 Autism Bills in California http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-bicoastal-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-554087 8 Autism Bills in California Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:42:27 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-bicoastal-boy/#comment-554087 [...] grew up in California and almost all of my family still lives there, and Jim and I have talked very seriously about [...] [...] grew up in California and almost all of my family still lives there, and Jim and I have talked very seriously about [...]

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