Music therapy
Music therapy listening to Ed Sheeran and playing the hand carved maracas from Daiseye.
Another therapist is moving on
Chloe has been working with John for most of the last 5 years. It has been awesome to see her skills grow as she worked with John to grow his … Continue reading
Call TODAY
via Daily Prompt: Panicked John August is non-verbal and deep into the autism spectrum. Right now there is a push to take away Medicaid funding that enables John to live … Continue reading
Unexpected night off
In the past, when we were doing a lot more therapy, an unexpected change in John’s routine would have caused him to have a rough night. Since we cut back … Continue reading
Building life skills
Recently, we have changed the focus of John’s therapy and really, his life in general. We have decided that we need to focus on two things. First, we need to … Continue reading
Advocating for John August’s future
We have stayed away from politics on this page because sharing John’s story and our journey through autism is what is most important. However, I am going to break that … Continue reading
Time to Change
This week I spent time at two different conferences with people with disabilities and it has me rethinking what are the most important things we should be helping John learn. … Continue reading
Minimizing stress
Today John’s therapist was not able to make it to work. It was nice to be working from home so that Leah did not have to load John up to … Continue reading
What’s my name?
Today at John’s team meeting we discussed the need for John to learn the names of the people in his life. We are pretty sure he knows them but just … Continue reading
When to throw in the towel!
John has the sniffles and isn’t sleeping that well. He was up at 4am again today. Any day that he’s up that early, I am worried about what kind of … Continue reading
John August and “the walk”
John has in-home therapy every day of the week except Sundays. By the time Saturday rolls around, his mood after therapy can go either way. Today was one of those … Continue reading
Help with John August
The most important change in John’s life happened late last summer. We were well into the first year of John’s in-home therapy and the stress of having someone in our … Continue reading
John August and the rough week
It has been a rough week at school. John isn’t eating, he’s not using the bathroom, and today he threw the iPad. As usual, we aren’t sure what is going … Continue reading
John August and the future
Tonight we watched an episode of Dateline about families with autistic adult children who were aging out of the educational system which provided structure, therapy, and learning, and transitioning into … Continue reading
Spectrum Journey 