I was poking around on my Facebook page and found this in my 'Notes' section from over four years ago (August 2010).  I remember posting it, and much of what I have written about in this blog is based on this article, but expanded to give you our personal experience.  At the time I found…

Well, this has been quite an eventful few weeks.  I was keeping up on this blog I started, and was enjoying writing it.  Then came Saturday, September 20th: Some of you probably know by now, but I suffered my second heart attack that Saturday afternoon.  Two more stents, 5 days in the hospital, and one…

A few years back I was asked to speak at work about raising a child with special needs.  I remember speaking to the group along with another co-worker who was raising a child with Down Syndrome.  One of the things I spoke about was the psychological effect autism had on a parent, since unlike disorders like…

So I had planned on writing a blog this week on work/life balance while raising an autistic child.  That one is almost done.  However last night and tonight uncovered a new issue and I wanted to put it down in writing before I forgot.  I thought it would be a perfect example of how quickly…

School started last Monday, lots of changes were about to take place.  Sean was changing rooms at Goddard, Kiley was starting middle school at Westminster East, and of course Dayna was returning to New Windsor Middle to the autism program.  By our standards, the week was full of the normal hurdles we are used to.  …

“WIPE!”  Its 4 a.m. in the morning and our daughter kicks the door to our bedroom open and yells that one word at us.  There Dayna stood in the hallway of the condo we vacation in, no pants on and covered in her own poop.  It was all over her hands and legs, she had gone…