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…
Author: Monkeynism AKA Autism
I'm the mom of a beautiful boy, who happens to have autism.
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…
Acceptance
As our knowledge of autism increases, so does our desire to help and educate others of this phenomena. It’s the yearn of acceptance that we want for our children, brothers, sisters, and anybody close to us that is in the autism spectrum. Many of us have a genuine fear or uncomforted feeling of our loved…
I cannot die.
I cannot die. What will happen to my monkey when I die? If my husband is still around, my monkey will be okay. But he will not be complete. He looks for me when he is scared, he looks for me when he is sad, he looks for me for no reason, other than…
The Definition of Love
This past weekend we had family visit us from out of town. They stayed with us for about 3 days and overall, the monkey did pretty good. Other than one meltdown while we were all out and about, he tolerated our guests. My brother-in-law has a little girl the same age as my monkey. She…
