Comments on: The Perfect Gift for Mother’s Day

By: Statements to the IACC (and what happened on Monday)

Statements to the IACC (and what happened on Monday) — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:57:49 +0000

[...] after-school schedule using the Language Master. He had his usual (large) snack and told me “play cello,” and we did, with Charlie reading the notes and plucking all four strings. It had been a few [...]

By: Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader

Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:25:55 +0000

Happy Belated Mother’s Day!

By: Casdok

Casdok — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:31:41 +0000

Happy Mothers Day!!

By: » The Perfect Gift for Mother’s Day

» The Perfect Gift for Mother’s Day — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:23:45 +0000

[...] [Technorati] Tag results for disabilities wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Hope you got the perfect gift for Mother’s Day—-Margaret Lenahan has. Her 16-year-old son, James, was diagnosed with autism around the time that he turned two; today, he is a junior in the Ryken program for special needs students at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, and a member of the varsity B basketball team for the Xaverian Clippers. From today’s Staten Island Advance: Get this clear: He’s no sympathy case. He’s a teammate. “He’s a tough player. He’s really strong. He pushes kids around,” [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:52:40 +0000

I can see from practicing cello with Charlie that he’s never really had to use his elbow and that upper part of his arm. His face especially lights up when he hears the sounds—-pizzicato is ok but not the same.

Piano sounds great, Bonnie! I found myself having to convince people that it was music lessons we wanted for Charlie and not music therapy—I really wanted him to learn to play an instrument.

We’ve tried bowling too and Charlie seems to like it, but then bowling alleys tend to have snack bars…..

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:27:32 +0000

My son Nick likes to bowl. Their summer autism daycamp goes bowling as well.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:22:41 +0000

Bowing takes a while to learn! The results are worth it, though. When Charlie gets the hang of bowing, he’ll like the tone and want to play more and more.

By: You Know What This Means……Vaccine Court Again

You Know What This Means……Vaccine Court Again — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:22:21 +0000

[...] of not vaccinating from Orac—-and another story about how, contrary to being a tragedy, life raising an autistic child can be very good indeed. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, Baby, child, court, Health, [...]

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:00:00 +0000

I always wanted to learn how to play the piano. Growing up in New Providence all my friends had pianos in their house, but were not interested in playing when I was there since they took lessons.

My son Matthew lights up around music in his videos and at the old school he loved the music teacher there and from what I was told liked her voice.

I was just thinking yesterday maybe we should look into a piano and take lessons together.

Nick used to read to classes at his old school. They had one day called Read in and parents could come as well. His fourth grade teacher told me he was very animated in his reading and we should look into Drama. I thought that this was great feedback since sports and music were of no interest, so maybe in high school we can look into that if he does not get into the LA zoo high school magnet.