http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34480829/ns/health-mental_health/
1 in 110 children have autism. Amazing, and yet we still live in a world where people have no idea what it is.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
great sensory task...
Making paper airplanes!
It requires hand/eye coordination, concentrating on instructions, and manipulating the fingers to make the creases....and....all you need is a piece of paper!
We went on a fieldtrip to the Henry Ford Museum and they have an airplane exhibit where you can make different paper airplanes and then fly them through these targets...quite fun.
It requires hand/eye coordination, concentrating on instructions, and manipulating the fingers to make the creases....and....all you need is a piece of paper!
We went on a fieldtrip to the Henry Ford Museum and they have an airplane exhibit where you can make different paper airplanes and then fly them through these targets...quite fun.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
ok...my ultimate favorite funny story!
So, I took the kids to the child center at the gym while I went to work out. They love going and always have such a great time. Well, when I came to pick them up Boy was waiting for me and looked pretty nervous. As soon as I walked up to him he told me that we had to leave right away because an older kid was going to KILL him. I couldn't imagine what could have happened to cause someone to want to KILL him so I asked him...
So, the story is that he read the kid's name tag on his back and the kid's last name was "McDonald". And, with the most serious and sincere face, he proceeds to tell me that he tapped the kid (who was older) on the shoulder and said "Hey, so is your Dad Ronald McDonald?". And, he was completely serious. I am guessing the kid didn't realize that Boy truly thought that his Dad could be the big redhaired guy and instead probably thought that he was making fun of him.
....we spent over an hour that night explaining to him that there really was no such person as Ronald McDonald, yes we understood that he was on commercials and appeared to be in the stores, but really and truly he doesn't exist. I am not sure he is convinced!
It reminds me of another story from last year when he met a boy named Luke in his class. Luke happened to ask Boy "Do you know who my Dad is?" and Boy said "yeah, Darth Vader." -- the more I think about it, I think he probably really did think his Dad was Darth Vader until he met him!
So, the story is that he read the kid's name tag on his back and the kid's last name was "McDonald". And, with the most serious and sincere face, he proceeds to tell me that he tapped the kid (who was older) on the shoulder and said "Hey, so is your Dad Ronald McDonald?". And, he was completely serious. I am guessing the kid didn't realize that Boy truly thought that his Dad could be the big redhaired guy and instead probably thought that he was making fun of him.
....we spent over an hour that night explaining to him that there really was no such person as Ronald McDonald, yes we understood that he was on commercials and appeared to be in the stores, but really and truly he doesn't exist. I am not sure he is convinced!
It reminds me of another story from last year when he met a boy named Luke in his class. Luke happened to ask Boy "Do you know who my Dad is?" and Boy said "yeah, Darth Vader." -- the more I think about it, I think he probably really did think his Dad was Darth Vader until he met him!
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