by Sarah Broady | Dec 21, 2014 | Autism
Seven years ago today, I took Samuel to the Kansas City Regional Center to meet with a psychologist for autism testing “just to rule it out.” Instead, we left with an official diagnosis of moderate/severe classic autism. He was constantly scripting with no...
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by Sarah Broady | Sep 26, 2014 | Autism, Behaviors, Sarah Broady
I don’t do math. And I really don’t do science. In high school, geometry was the only math class I actually aced – the ONLY math class I ever aced. In college, in order to fill my course requirement, I opted for “Basics of Mathematics”...
by Sarah Broady | Sep 15, 2014 | Autism
We were so close. All that was left was to get his drink before going to bed. Tale as old as time: Brother 1 gets mad at brother 2 and responds inappropriately and unkindly. Mom steps in and deals with each of them, explaining what was wrong, the right that should...
by Sarah Broady | Sep 7, 2014 | Autism, Grief
I was really hopeful after such a great day yesterday. It had been a full Saturday for Sam. He went to a new soccer group (his very first!), got his hair cut, and had an ice cream date with me. It was one thing after another, and that’s a lot to process. He had...
by Sarah Broady | Aug 30, 2014 | Autism
Today, my son still has autism. Every day for the rest of his life, he will have autism. But today, or rather right now, I don’t want to dwell on the difficulties autism brings and will bring when he comes home from school at the end of the day. I don’t want to wish...
