Recent content by Jen38

I have not been on Websleuths for months, but while googling for more info on Jake, I saw that a thread had been started. I'm sorry to say that Jake was found in Lake Pyramid on Saturday. :cry: His grandparents are part of our church congregation. I understand that his remains will be cremated...

From what I recall, reading the article, the child was having a meltdown at receiving a haircut. Sometimes for a child on the spectrum this is as much of a sensory issue as anything. Holding still, sometimes light touches as someone they don't know cuts their hair, it is really dependent on the...

So thankful for this! Rejoicing! :clap::clap::clap:

((HUGS)) for katiecoolady too - this has to be bringing back memories of her sister - I am tearing up here

I've been reading and lurking on these threads, and praying for justice for Travis' family. May the verdict today give them some small measure of peace.

Update: http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/55255142/81067114/Experts_find_remains_of_Englands_King_Richard_III They were able to get a DNA sample from a distant relative of Richard's sister. I think this stuff is fascinating.

Our county schools are on a two hour delay, but I haven't heard from ours...they prefer to auto call the parents at 5 a.m. :dunno: ETA: They just called thank goodness - my dad just had surgery, so I don't want those early morning phone calls.

This is written by a well-known author in the autism community, who has Asperger's: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/my-life-aspergers/201212/asperger-s-autism-and-mass-murder I feel the need to say the autism community is reeling trying to put out fires because the initial mention that...

Now if I could find one for the midwest part of the country....

I can only speculate based on our own experience: every three years school districts complete an MFE: multi-factor evaluation, in which IEP goals are reviewed, IQ testing is done, and diagnosis reviewed. Initial diagnosis is by a physician and on the basis of that, an IEP is put into place. If...

My teenager's observation as I was taking her to school this morning was, 'If the Mayans were smart enough to predict the end of the world, how did they not see the Spanish coming?' :waitasec: Teenagers. She and her high school buddies are having a lot of fun with this....she plans to skype...

But please remember that not all aspies meet every one of these characteristics. My daughter has problems w/ coordination, understanding non-verbal social cues, reading others' facial expressions. She is also a talker and doesn't always know when to stop. However, she is extremely empathetic and...

I was picking up my son from school today, and I became so sad. Our school's flag is at half-staff, and all these precious little faces coming out of the school, faces lighting up, running to moms and dads and grandparents and siblings. It's just not fair, the sickness in this world that can...

That happened to my husband one morning as he was leaving for work...our driveway is basically a hill, and because of its angle has to be backed down or the car's front end will scrape. Overnight our driveway had become one long stretch of ice, but because it was still dark, you couldn't see...

You're describing my daughter's middle school years as well. It's not uncommon I believe to have kids be diagnosed w/ Asperger's later as they approach adolescence, because that is when the social issues come to the forefront, and when kids, quite frankly, are at their nastiest. I was talking...