Our schedule so far: 1:30 a.m. – monkey fully awake, hubby wakes up to be with him 2:00 – monkey’s hungry. Eats 6 chicken nuggets 3:30 – I take over so hubby can sleep 4:00 – he’s thirsty… 4:30 – he wants to play with the dogs 5:00 – he’s still bouncing off the walls…
Author: Monkeynism AKA Autism
I'm the mom of a beautiful boy, who happens to have autism.
The Can’ts.
We had our ARD meeting last Friday and it was rough. We were discussing where our monkey will be heading to next year. The three options were presented to me. The one that the committee picked was SLU – Structured Learning Unit. The reason? His behavior. He struggles to stay seated. He struggles to want…
Friend
As I see my son play in the backyard and jump the trampoline while our doggies chase him, I can’t help but feel a desire for him to have a friend. 💙
Beautiful.
My husband is a high school teacher and for the month of April, he is spearheading an autism awareness campaign. His students have been working for about a month where they stay after school to work on posters. For April 2nd, Autism Awareness Day, their goal will be to have students sign a pledge where…
We found it.
Update on our fight with the school district: If you all remember, we submitted a few complaints to the school questioning why we were never notified that my son was restraint (according to legal framework regulations). The witness saw that the teacher was hurting my son, she went and notified the principal, and the principal…
Proud.
The monkey was awarded Student of the Month Award. I thought about this and thought “Really?” I have the teacher’s and principal’s notes discussing my son’s behavior from February and it hasn’t been good. Truth be told they are bad. But in all honesty, he’s been going thru a difficult time and yet he still…
Today is a good day.
Today was a good day. My monkey didn’t have a single meltdown. He wasn’t overwhelmed nor felt like fighting off anyone at school. And here at home, all he wants is to play with us. He wants us to tickle him and cuddle with him. Today is a good day. And God knows we needed…
A Rough One
Today was a rough one. I got a call from the principal that my monkey bit his teacher twice, pretty bad. They had to send her to get checked. They brought in the pre-k teacher next door to be in the class. When my husband and I arrived at school, he was calm. Sitting on…
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…
