From the monthly archives:

April 2007

Mutterings

April 30, 2007

It has been a few days since I’ve blogged – I had a self-imposed break from the ‘net this weekend and for the most part I kept to it. I couldn’t resist the urge to get on every now and then to check my email or certain message boards but I wasn’t on for long. [...]

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Pneumonia Update

April 27, 2007

My daughter had her two week follow-up with the pediatrician today. The pediatrician said she was able to get the x-ray film from the Children’s Hospital and said she definitely wants to follow-up with another x-ray today. Evidently the pneumonia was in the right lower lobe (I thought it was left) and that the x-ray [...]

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I Love Being Alone

April 27, 2007

“I love being alone.”
This is what my son told me as we were walking into the house after school today. When we get home from school we eat lunch, Ava usually naps, and Alexander goes to ‘quiet time.’ Quiet time is self-imposed, he immediately goes to his playroom after lunch to do one of many [...]

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Exploring Dysgraphia

April 26, 2007

I first heard the term dysgraphia a few months ago when my mother mentioned it to me. She is a public school educator and somewhere during her day she heard about dysgraphia and immediately thought of my son. I looked a little bit at it and thought ‘maybe, maybe-not’ and filed it away for future [...]

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A Neat Little Package Called Asperger’s Syndrome

April 25, 2007

Yesterday I mentioned to Alexander’s play therapist that the psychiatrist has diagnosed Alexander with Asperger’s Syndrome contrary to the psychologist’s findings. The first thing the therapist said was “I agree.” She is a licensed clinical social worker so unable to make a diagnosis but she works with many HFA (high-functioning autism) and AS (Asperger’s Syndrome) [...]

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New Guidelines Promise Earlier Identification of Autism

April 23, 2007

The CDC and the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders has released new guidelines for identifying children at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental delays. From the press release dated today, 4/23/07:
Leading experts on child development today presented a new framework for identifying children at risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and [...]

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Tony Attwood Discusses Asperger’s Syndrome on ABC Sydney

April 23, 2007

Asperger’s Syndrome expert Tony Attwood spoke with Richard Fidler on his ABC Sydney (Australia) radio show. A brief summary of the show is in text the rest you will need to listen to the audio files by clicking on the link under Attwood’s photograph. This is just a quick update as today is one of [...]

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