Comments on: We Take the Skyway http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:47:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Unexpectedly http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-547980 Unexpectedly Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:13:38 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-547980 [...] where the policeman was going.” Charlie remained solemn and quiet all the way over the Pulaski Skyway and down West Side Avenue and Kennedy Blvd. It was really muggy and we both moved slowly towards [...] [...] where the policeman was going.” Charlie remained solemn and quiet all the way over the Pulaski Skyway and down West Side Avenue and Kennedy Blvd. It was really muggy and we both moved slowly towards [...]

]]> By: Bonnie Sayers http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-553449 Bonnie Sayers Thu, 15 May 2008 18:00:58 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-553449 Nice story. My kids liked the view on the Amtrak when we went down to San Diego a few years ago. There is so much to prepare for a trip, especially me being the only adult with two on the spectrum. Nick wants to go back and see the Zoo and Animal park, last time it was two days of Sea World. Nice story. My kids liked the view on the Amtrak when we went down to San Diego a few years ago. There is so much to prepare for a trip, especially me being the only adult with two on the spectrum.

Nick wants to go back and see the Zoo and Animal park, last time it was two days of Sea World.

]]> By: The Ides of May http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-551697 The Ides of May Thu, 15 May 2008 16:51:29 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-551697 [...] yesterday I wasn’t even sure I was going to make the school party, up there in the Skyway as we inched forward in the warm spring sun. Finally, finally, somewhere over Kearney, I sighted [...] [...] yesterday I wasn’t even sure I was going to make the school party, up there in the Skyway as we inched forward in the warm spring sun. Finally, finally, somewhere over Kearney, I sighted [...]

]]> By: A Visit to the Doctor http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-549375 A Visit to the Doctor Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:39:17 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-549375 [...] faculty, or teaching the passive voice of verbs, or driving up the long curve of the on-ramp of the Pulaski Skyway, and my phone would buzz and the familiar words of the nurse were intoned: “Mrs. Chew, [...] [...] faculty, or teaching the passive voice of verbs, or driving up the long curve of the on-ramp of the Pulaski Skyway, and my phone would buzz and the familiar words of the nurse were intoned: “Mrs. Chew, [...]

]]> By: Bye Green Car http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-548638 Bye Green Car Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:55:08 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-548638 [...] left here and there. But it was always there, reliable if unable to accelerate to get me onto the Pulaski Skyway’s entrance ramp, when we needed [...] [...] left here and there. But it was always there, reliable if unable to accelerate to get me onto the Pulaski Skyway’s entrance ramp, when we needed [...]

]]> By: Top 10 Reasons Life Is Better With Charlie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-545462 Top 10 Reasons Life Is Better With Charlie Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:27:08 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-545462 [...] 6) I get to live in New Jersey, my husband Jim’s native state where we moved back to in 2001, so Charlie could go to school here—I get to see the skyline of lower Manhattan as I drive to work on the Skyway. [...] [...] 6) I get to live in New Jersey, my husband Jim’s native state where we moved back to in 2001, so Charlie could go to school here—I get to see the skyline of lower Manhattan as I drive to work on the Skyway. [...]

]]> By: What Do You Want? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-544360 What Do You Want? Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:39:58 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-544360 [...] Before going to Hoboken, we had made a trip to Target, in need of light bulbs and other mundane households items. The aisles were predictably jammed with holiday shoppers, seeking good deals on toys, electronics, and wrapping paper. Charlie did not want to go in and only assented to after we assured him we would soon be back in the car; he stopped to look at a row of Barney DVDs and walked away when we called him, and asked on the way out for a “green drink” (he took out a container of Mountain Dew, which I replaced with a Sierra Mist). Then it was onto Hoboken, where Charlie, blue case tucked under his arm, made a point of holding onto Jim’s and my hands. We had an early dinner at a restaurant where we had once had to exit stage really really fast from, with Charlie yowling and flailing. Charlie, after making a bit of a big deal about piling up our coats in a corner of a booth and placing his Spiderman gloves on top, sat down next to Jim and was careful to dip his French fries thoroughly in the ketchup. We stopped at Starbucks for coffee and hot chocolate and drove home in the rain, Charlie requesting driving-with-the-avengers”>one of his favorite CDs and looking at the lights in Newark and its environs, from high up in the Skyway. [...] [...] Before going to Hoboken, we had made a trip to Target, in need of light bulbs and other mundane households items. The aisles were predictably jammed with holiday shoppers, seeking good deals on toys, electronics, and wrapping paper. Charlie did not want to go in and only assented to after we assured him we would soon be back in the car; he stopped to look at a row of Barney DVDs and walked away when we called him, and asked on the way out for a “green drink” (he took out a container of Mountain Dew, which I replaced with a Sierra Mist). Then it was onto Hoboken, where Charlie, blue case tucked under his arm, made a point of holding onto Jim’s and my hands. We had an early dinner at a restaurant where we had once had to exit stage really really fast from, with Charlie yowling and flailing. Charlie, after making a bit of a big deal about piling up our coats in a corner of a booth and placing his Spiderman gloves on top, sat down next to Jim and was careful to dip his French fries thoroughly in the ketchup. We stopped at Starbucks for coffee and hot chocolate and drove home in the rain, Charlie requesting driving-with-the-avengers”>one of his favorite CDs and looking at the lights in Newark and its environs, from high up in the Skyway. [...]

]]> By: Rautism http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-542279 Rautism Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:59:37 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-542279 [...] a lot of good noise, they also gave us “Sadly Beautiful” and Charlie and I, we do like to take the “Skyway.” ASD, Aspergers, autism, autistic, children, Education, family, [...] [...] a lot of good noise, they also gave us “Sadly Beautiful” and Charlie and I, we do like to take the “Skyway.” ASD, Aspergers, autism, autistic, children, Education, family, [...]

]]> By: Marcia http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-546126 Marcia Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:46:56 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-546126 The common enemy? Looking back over the past 31 years with my autistic son I would suggest that the "common enemy" is anyone who wants to "fight", "conquer" "eliminate", that is to say, "cure" autism. The cure mentality causes endless grief for autistic people and their families. The older I get the more I appreciate my son's straightforward approach to life. Now I think HE makes sense and everyone else is nuts! He hasn't changed one iota since birth, whereas I am completely transformed. We both see a huge improvement in our quality of life. The common enemy? Looking back over the past 31 years with my autistic son I would suggest that the “common enemy” is anyone who wants to “fight”, “conquer” “eliminate”, that is to say, “cure” autism. The cure mentality causes endless grief for autistic people and their families. The older I get the more I appreciate my son’s straightforward approach to life. Now I think HE makes sense and everyone else is nuts! He hasn’t changed one iota since birth, whereas I am completely transformed. We both see a huge improvement in our quality of life.

]]> By: mcewen http://www.blisstree.com/articles/we-take-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-545503 mcewen Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:59:54 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/we-take-the-skyway/#comment-545503 Excellent. Best wishes Excellent.
Best wishes

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