Did anyone catch the new show on NBC called Parenthood where the parents are finally told their son has Aspergers and they hug each other like they got told the kid has cancer or something? Even the "normal" friends I have thought that was a little over the top. My sister asked me if that's how my husband and I took it. I told her that me and most everyone I know was like, "Is that all? Aspergers? Awesome!!!"
So Grace, I am so happy that you have finally joined us here in Happy Land, where Normal is not Normal and who the hell cares.
I watched The Incredibles last night for the first time in a couple of years. I have long said that someone high up at Pixar is an Aspie, if not the whole lot of them, based on the Aspie intonations in each movie (except Cars, which I still have not been able to watch all the way through, but I digress). So think of your kids as little Supers and find the talents they have and then just protect their identity and let it roll.
And for those of us who sometimes need to throw a pity party, I think of people like Hunnybean, and I think that I just need to get over my big bad self. So here's the love I'm sending to Hunnybean and the hope that she has good days, too.
I have to tell you all that we've been really sick, and I've been suffering through a terrible head cold. I was hungry, but can't smell or taste much, so I got the brilliant idea to make Bobotie, which is a wonderful South African dish with meat, raisins, onions, and eggs and it's served over rice. They make it at AKL, by the way. Anyway, I made it because it sounded savory and sweet and I had the ingredients for it (except curry, which you should not use if you want your kids to eat it---use cinnamon instead). I told my son it was from Africa, it had Mango chutney in it, and he ate two bowls. I also let him eat in my bedroom with only the light from the TV so he could not see the onions and raisins, which in any other instance would cause him to vomit on sight-literally. He loved it! So thanks for the culinary hug from a continent away...
Grace, can i sneak in your suitcase? I would love a WDW trip this year. We have to go visit my DH's family in Europe this year and after booking the tickets, my DH looked at me and said, "I know you are calculating exactly how many WDW vacations you could pay for with the $ we are spending on this trip, huh?"
The answer is 2 very Deluxe level Concierge level weeks. Grrrrrrrr.....
Why is it once you've been to WDW more than a few times it's tough to get as excited as you were back in the days where you had Disney dreams every night for weeks before your trip? Don't get me wrong, there's a spring in my step but I would've been packed and ready to go by now a few years ago. 
Very proud of her for speaking up for herself! 
I don't think it's realistic that they got to there in one episode but I realize it's dramatic tv. I really like the scene in the last episode where the boy couldn't go into the musical because of the candles. That was right on target with the "strange" things we deal with that aren't as simple as just "making him do it".
My DS would want to, also.
I pray that you and she will get the help you are seeking and need so desperately.
It was cold and drizzling so I made him wear his "Cars" raincoat until we started marching. He was not pleased as it's not green. He had on a green T-shirt under a white turtle neck under a green polo.
There was another young girl there who was freaking out about some fire ants, dd has never done this, but since she was "exposed" to the other girl freaking out she's asked me about 100 times "are there ants here?", "can ants get in my bed?", are there ants on the airplane?" and every speck she sees on the ground she thinks is an ant. 
