Author: Beckah

Autism has been my main topic of conversation with people lately. So many people are talking about it. I am sure the fact that Alexis is autistic means that I will hear more random stories

Alexis and Cadence started school today. Alexis started Kindergarten and Cadence started pre-school. They both did well and had a fun time. Alexis seems to be adjusting well to her new school. I asked her

Living with an Autistic child sometimes feels really lonely, it’s frustrating knowing you can’t live for even a moment worry free or stress free. It’s hard to explain to others what you go through each

My brother passed away earlier this evening. He helped me to be more understanding of special needs. RIP

Alexis has been so ‘not with me’ the past few days. Keith and I are both stressed out beyond belief with her ‘fits’ Both the girls have been really hard on us. They both have

Alexis had to get more X-rays and her leg. We will know the results next week. She seems to be all better, she is not limping anymore. She didn’t like being at the clinic any

April is Autism Awareness Month! Today Alexis got to go on a field trip with her Grandma (my mother) to the Children’s Museum. I had to train in at work so my mom agreed to

Alexis has been much more verbal lately since we got the typing synthesizer on the computer for her. She actually verbalizes her words on occasion now. Mostly saying ‘more’ ‘no’ and ‘mama’ we are so

After 3 days of evaluation and testing we gathered with a social worker and a few of the pediatric physicians that worked with Alexis during our 3 day stay. We connected using a conference call

Today we are going to be heading to our hotel in Rochester. I am really happy that we have finally gotten the opportunity to get Alexis into see a good group of highly recommended doctors.

The kids are doing well. I had quite a scare last night when Alexis coughed up blood. Turns out she had a piece of beef jerky in her throat and she was trying to get

I am reading: Emergence Labeled Autistic by Temple Grandin, it’s such a great book and gives great insight to what Autism feels like. Alexis seems to really be working against me, especially my cleaining. Cadence

The kids stayed at my parents the whole time we were in Utah, they took several trips to Keith’s parents during the evenings (our parents are next door neighbors) They had a lot of fun

We have been doing our same routine of Speech and school on Mondays, OT & Keith Works on Tuesdays School Wed, ECFC comes out 1 time a month on thursday and Keith works, Both keith