Nate, Our Blessing

April is Autism Month

I would like to introduce you my son:

Nate, Our Blessing

Nate has Autism.

He was 10yrs old when we found out.

Yes, it changed our lives but it also made me look at the way I was parenting him and why sometimes he could not do some of the things I asked him to do.

There are still some things that I continue to work on but with our help he is now helping out around the house.  He is taking trash out and helping with laundry.  I know it is nothing big, but to us it is big.  I ask him to please take out the trash and he does it.  He might grumble but he does it.

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Jerik, “The Alphabet Soup Kid”

April is Autism Awareness Month

In honor of this we are sharing “Real Life Stories of Daily Life and People with Autism”

Jerik, “The Alphabet Soup Kid”

as written by his mother.

We call Jerik our “Alphabet Soup Kid”.

Aspergers (HFA)  ADHD   OCD   SPD  EFD

These are all letters that when strung together describe what his brain goes through on a daily basis. They are a part of him. He is incredibly funny and has a very quirky sense of humor.

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