Monkeynism AKA Autism

Happy Thanksgiving!

We want to wish our Autism families a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!! 🦃❤️

We will be hosting a Thanksgiving lunch today for some of my husband’s students. Many of them haven’t had the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional sense. To thank them for their hard work, we invited them over to our home. That means last night we had to fight the crowds at the grocery…

Focus on the moments. 💙

Photo credit: Autism Odysseys

Severe.

Severe. That’s the word that was used to describe my monkey for the first time by his pediatrician. Severe. I think we have known for some time that my son was on the severe side of the spectrum. I just think we tried to not face it. I remember a few years back when my…

His BFF, Harley.

The monkey, fell asleep while playing with his bestie, Harley. ❤️💙

You are! 💙💙💙

Photo credit: Special Learning, Inc

Hope.

My monkey has become a runner. He starts to run if he sees something, or if something doesn’t appease, him or just because. Usually it is unexpected and catches us off guard. I wrote about how he ran away from me while I was trying to open our door and ran down the street. On…

Make yourself a priority. 💙

Mom & Dads – we forget to take case of ourselves so many times. We need to make us a priority, because if we are not okay, who will take care of our kids?

To my precious child. 💙❤️

Photo credit: Looking In / Looking Out – Our Autism and ADHD Family

To make a difference.

Post from the hubby: I have wonderful students. They are all unique and different in their own way. However, there are a couple of students that have a special and wonderful connection towards children/adults with special needs. Today, a group of six students, joined me in volunteering at a bowling event for the City’s Special…