Now I have to say for the first couple of weeks maybe, my oldest seem to do okay with the cicadas but, in the last few days, not so much. When I came across this article however, I really wasn’t surprised by it at all. The article is entitled “Cicada Emergence Could Affect People on the Autism Spectrum” by Chantelle Lee over at Time Magazine. That said, I somehow doubt that it’s only those with autism that the cicadas have been bothering.
Sincerely –
Autism Librarian
A while back I talked about my oldest son’s and how stressed he gets when it rains in a post entitled April Showers. Well, I learned a little more about that stress and how he tends to drink a lot of milk because of that stress. In part, because we had quite the threat of storms yesterday and that I noticed how much milk he drank. Then when we went grocery shopping yesterday, that’s when I learned. Every day is a lesson in life.
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Autism Library
Now that summer’s in full bloom it seems, and I only have one job at the moment, I think I need to get back to working on my oldest sons Medicaid. I did tell myself a while ago that I would take this time to take the next steps in getting him Medicaid. After all, I do have time in between working and looking for work to do elsewhere.
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Autism Librarian
So in a couple of weeks, I’m taking my oldest and my youngest to the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR race, something I truly never thought I’d see. That said, over the weekend I finally got our race tickets and parking pass downloaded. I also got our rental car all ready to go. Now we just wait for them to start their engines.
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Autism Librarian
So as I try to say thank you to that mom who motivated me to start this blog, I also need to say thank you to my oldest. After all, he’s the reason I continue on this journey and he’s also part of the reason that I am who I am. I wouldn’t be here without him. Over the last few days, I come to see how much he’s grown up.
Thank you!
Autism Librarian
So when I first started this blog, I was going off the idea of someone else who was sharing her story about her son with autism. What I’ve been doing for the last few minutes is trying to see if I can re-trace my steps to find her and thank her for being a friend. She has no idea how much she has helped me. Meanwhile, I’ll keep looking.
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Autism Librarian
It’s hard to believe that come tomorrow, my oldest will be 25 years old. It’s also hard to believe that he’s spent nearly half his life with me, something I never saw coming for him or for me and as hard as it’s been at times, I wouldn’t trade this time for anything.
Happy Birthday!
Autism Librarian
So the other day I had someone like an earlier post of mine entitled “Special abilities, half way around the world” and after visiting her baseball blog, I thought I would pass it on here. The blog is entitled Sophia’s Baseball Blog.
As a young lady with autism, I wish her nothing but, the best. Sounds a little like my oldest and his love of NASCAR. In fact, he wrote a few articles for a NASCAR website back when he was in high school. I need to go back and find that website. He’s mentioned he would like to do that again.
Sincerely –
Autism Librarian
So while it was just my oldest and I this weekend, I did manage to get out and take some pictures when he went over to a friends house, something I definitely needed to do. Something else I really need to do is start framing some more of my pictures. Maybe I’ll just shoot for getting one framed this week and take it from there. One step at a time.
Sincerely –
Autism Librarian
I get the feeling this is going to be a reflective weekend. In only a couple of weeks, my youngest son will be graduating from high school. Even now, I’m thinking about it. Maybe in some ways that’s why my life has been so up and down lately, knowing that in some ways there are lots of changes coming and in other ways, there will be less.
Sincerely –
Autism Librarian
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