Author: Monkeynism AKA Autism
I'm the mom of a beautiful boy, who happens to have autism.
Albertsons PEC
Our in-home trainer made us this Albertsons PEC, and he’s able to sort the letters with velcro. I love how his humming tells us how much he enjoys this task.❤️💙
It’s ok to ask for help.
I decided to go see a doctor on Monday. I don’t have a primary doctor. When I get sick, very sick, I go to the Urgent Care clinics. I realized that I need to take care of myself in order to be healthy for my family. But I didn’t want to take time off from…
A belt is a necessity.
At night we always get ready for the morning rush. We make sure the monkey’s lunch is ready, his backpack is set, and his school clothes are laid out. This way in the morning, we aren’t running looking for shoes, or jacket, etc. And tonight I couldn’t find his belt. I looked everywhere and I…
We can keep going. ❤️
We went to Sam’s today to buy some pool supplies. While we are looking at the chlorine tablets, the monkey started to get out of the shopping cart. We didn’t notice that on top of the pool supplies was a playground set. He was trying to get up there and play. He was getting fussy…
A little bit extra patience. 💙
Our solution to my parents getting injured by the monkey while driving is that we are picking him up at therapy. He’s not very happy about this change. Yesterday he saw us after therapy and had a small meltdown. Change is always very difficult. But we figured he will eventually get used to it. We…
Words to live by. 💜
Source: The Minds Journal
Feel so lost.
On Mondays my parents take the monkey to speech therapy. My dad drives, the monkey sits behind him, and my mom sits in the back, next to the monkey. Today they were driving back home, the monkey saw that they were passing Albertsons. He usually gets excited and starts to flap his hands as they…
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