Joysautismblog
I am a mother of four children and I write about parenting and autism. My son, Adrian, was diagnosed with classic autism in April 2006. I love connecting with parents and professionals who work with and love people with autism. I write on my blog at http://www.joysautismblog.com
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Joy's Autism Blog
http://www.joysautismblog.com/
I'm a mother of four and I journal about parenting and autism. I write about autism experience, autism facts, and I connect with parents and professionals who deal with autism.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 148 )
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Give Me Cold Lunch Or the Teacher Gets It
I guess Adrian’s world stops turning when I don’t send him with cold lunch to school this year. Last year he mostly had hot lunch and the year before that... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Lincoln’s Evaluation Results and IEP Meeting
I had Lincoln’s meeting this morning. I was a wreck last night, these meetings can really take an emotional toll. I was scared they were going to see more... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Halloween 2011
Happy Halloween everyone! Here are the pics of our family: Ironman (Adrian) Whoopie Cushion (Lincoln) Super Girl (Sanura) The Cat (Nevaeh) All the kids together... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2011 FAMILY, PSYCHOLOGY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Help Some Kids with Autism with a Simple Text Or Few Clicks of Your Mouse
Information about the Clorox Power a Bright Future Program Hi friends, Teachers and parents give students the building blocks they need to learn and grow, but... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
What Would You Do If You Won a Million Dollars?
Not what would you spend it on. What would you do? Would you jump up and down? Would you wave your hands wildly? Would you yelp out some strange noise or scream? Read more
Posted on 22 October 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Random Drivel Coming Out of My Fingers
A great way to get 7 hours behind on homeschooling is to get sick. First we had this sinus infection deal go through the house with a side of sore throat. Read more
Posted on 21 October 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
A New Aspergers Diagnosis
It appears that the comments are not working on my blog. Thanks to someone who sent me an email this morning I am going to get this looked into and will note... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Fire Prevention Week
was last week and I am doing a fire safety unit with the girls during our homeschooling day. I realized in the process that I had not really talked with Adrian... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2011 HEALTH -
Friday’s at the Library-2 & Small Family Update
I forgot to post our favorite books of the week last week but I had two that really stuck out to me this week so I didn’t forget. Read more
Posted on 15 October 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Fall Themed Activities for Young Children
My kids are all geared up for Halloween. I think it might be Adrian’s favorite holiday and the girls have been talking about costumes for a couple of weeks. Read more
Posted on 14 October 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
The Problem with Communicating Effectively
For Edition 11 of Best of the Best over on SOS Blog the topic is family life. It’s to share about a funny or loving story about family life. Read more
Posted on 12 October 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
My Sweet Sanura is 11
Today is Sanura’s birthday, she is 11 years old today. She’s beautiful, sweet, quirky, funny, artistic, and best of all she’s my daughter! I was telling her... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Married 10 Years Today!
My parents were married 14 years before they divorced. As a child that seemed like such a long time to me. Now it seems like a drop in the bucket. I look forwar... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Educational Activities for Preteens
Sanura is going to be 11 years old in 6 days. It’s crazy how fast they grow up isn’t it? I think I share more activities that my little ones do because there... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Fridays at the Library: Books We Liked
Since I’m homeschooling the girls this year the library has become a really important resource. I thought it might be fun for the girls and for myself to... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Teachers and Professionals Caring For Special Needs Children: A Mother’s...
I wrote a guest post that was published today on Childswork Blog, and you can just click here to read the article in it’s entirety. Read more
Posted on 22 September 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Color Word Recognition Songs
Songs are an awesome teaching tool. It’s fun for kids and it makes whatever information they are trying to remember stick in their head a lot better. Read more
Posted on 21 September 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Happy Halloween!
Oh it’s not Halloween? What’s that? It’s still over a month away? Adrian is so stubborn. He saw the Halloween costumes at Target yesterday. He picked up a... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Edition 10 of Best of the Best from SOS Blog
Edition 10 of Best of the Best from the SOS Parents blog came out today and the topic is Calming Techniques for Stress and the Special Needs Child. Read more
Posted on 15 September 2011 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Fun Activities for Preschool/Kindergarteners & Lincoln’s First Bus Ride
This is a printable activity from Child Care Land and it is an ABC recognition activity. Nevaeh has her ABCs down but every now and again she mixes up J’s and... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2011 FAMILY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCHOOLING