Monkeynism AKA Autism

A little bit of understanding.

This election season is the first time my daughter is able to vote. Yesterday was the last day of early voting. And she was very excited. I promised her we would go together. My husband had stuff to do at work, so it was the three of us headed to the polls. And as you…

My Worst Fear.

Update on our monkey: since he was physically assaulted by his teacher back in the first weeks of January, they have been struggling with him at school. His behavior has just been terrible. He kept trying to fight everyone that would get close to him. We kept fighting for him. Letting everyone at school know…

Mama Bear.

Today we received the attorney’s response from the district in reference to the TEA complaint I submitted against the principal. My complaint is: According to legal framework, if someone restraints my son, we are to be informed of this restraint verbally that same day, and in writing the next day. The aide saw that my…

I have hope.

The ARD meeting was almost four hours long. We had to take a break after 2 hours. For the most part, it was a good meeting. The OT and Speech therapist were contributing to ideas in assisting my son. The district psychologist was working with us to create a BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan). The problem…

Rough Day.

Today will be a rough day. Today is our ARD meeting at school. My son has been acting out almost every day since he was assaulted by his teacher. Almost every day we get a call from the school stating he is hitting or biting his teachers. Just last week the principal called me again…

Siblings Love.

I didn’t realize how my son being hurt by this teacher affected my daughter. She had been very worried for him. She even sneaked into his school to re-assure herself the monkey was safe. And now that we see the monkey is doing a little better each day, she’s finding her peace. And I’m just…

Hopeful.

Today was a good day. Today we went to central district offices to meet with the principal and the Asst Superintendent to discuss th formal complaint I had filed. Our goal was to find out the whys. Why did this happen to our son? Why were we not notified when it was first reported? Why…

Update:

Update on the monkey’s school situation: He went back to class, after our pediatrician and psychiatrist told us he needed consistency. When we went back to class, he did terrible. He cried and screamed and it was heartbreaking. The assistance principal sat with us. She wanted us to go with her to her office to…

Haircut Day.

Today was haircut day. And like many of you know, this is torture for kids in the spectrum. But lately, my husband has been giving the monkey trims every few weeks so his cuts haven’t been so bad. In fact, with many breaks and soothing words to calm my son down, he’s been doing pretty…

Will we be able to heal?

I haven’t written here in a while. Lately I just write small stories in Facebook. But to catch some of you up to speed, my son came home last week full of bruises. The next morning we met with the principal. A few hours later we found out the teacher had physically grabbed my son. …

Only light can drive out darkness.”

So we filed the police report today. The investigator said the class cameras didn’t capture anything. The witness says the teacher did this on the hallway, away from the classroom cameras. But he said they will keep looking. He will update us as his investigation continues. He also said that he knows my son’s teacher….

Furious.

After a lot of crying and going thru crazy emotions, now I’m furious. We found out my son’s kindergarten teacher grabbed the monkey during school which left him bruises. He has been placed on administrative leave until the investigation is complete. He’s a male, ex military. … CPS told us they have a witness…