Splat Goes Life.

For those of you with these "anonymous" blogs.. have you ever gone back after your child has graduated, and shared these with their former school, or the teachers? Just so they know what they did wrong? How their school, and how their own behaviors have negatively impacted your family? Because shouldn't they know? Should they be allowed to continue treating our children (other ASD/SN kids) how they have been? Granted, not all schools are generally bad. Not all teachers are bad. BUT it is a fact that our special needs children are not being treated the same way our neuro-typical children are. Savannah has not had the same experiences Jack has. Sure, they're two different people with different needs. But that's beside the point. If you've done this- printed out your journal and mailed it off to the school- anonymously or otherwise, I would LOVE for you to respond to this. PLEASE. I'm dying to know.

It's been ages since the last update, and that's because life turned upside down for a while. It's still not quite "right", but it's about as best as it's going to get for a while. Thursday was my first official IEP meeting as the parent of a high school student with Autism. That's a huge milestone for any Autism parent (or parent of a kiddo with special needs), that most simply do not think about. Many parents take for granted that their "typical" child will move through preschool, and then K-12, with zero hiccups. It's just how it is. Sure, grades go up and down like a kid's moods, but they all end up with a diploma at the end. (We hope). However, parents of ASD kids often find themselves wondering how to get their kids an education, when their kids seem unable to learn, or read, or even speak. Jack is not in that situation, thank goodness for him. However, given his entire past history of behaviors, there was no taking for g...