For the holiday
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The spider is a spinner of creativity. She designs beautiful patterns, new
plans each day, for all facets of life, persisting through every mode of
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The goal of this blog is to inform, encourage and inspire mothers of children with special needs, as well as those who love and support them. Please share your advice, challenges and triumphs.
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Hi Carol, nice article to include. And thanks for coming to our son's transition party. He raised over 300 dollars for a fund for future special education students (can pay for enjoyable extras such as music therapy visits). In some ways it was like a funeral service; goodbye to the routine of school life we have known for so many years, in other ways, it was "yes, freedom" as in, freedom from the early morning bus, freedom from relentless school meetings, etc. We have new meetings now with new vocational training folks. And it is a transition for me and my husband, to admit that we are getting older too. But somehow with our friends and community support I think we will come out OK. And we can take good care of ourselves, Geoff had a school picnic today but it was crowded and so we chose to leave early. He is still napping and I just got up. aahhhh. Take care, Pam
Best of luck, Pam on your family's new steps. I like being able to get a glimpse of what's ahead.
Carol
I love being able to 'see' what's going on in the future, too. I love stories like that, Carol...I actually got it from Autism Speaks, so I can't take a lot of credit.
Katie
Thanks for a sensitive post. My best friend's daughter (and my honorary niece) has pervasive developmental disorder, which is a form of autism. My friend's daughter didn't "walk" with her high school graduating class, as she will be getting her GED after completing a vocational program. But she was still given a graduation party like every other high school grad -- and everyone was thrilled to participate.
Glad you enjoyed it, Cindy. I seemed to have lost my enthusiasm for blogging. The idea was I'd start it up again after the summer but my motivation has "gone missing." Any suggestions?
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