Category: Ariana’s Posts
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Voicing My Support for NMTSA
My loved ones and readers new to our blog, up until today I had planned to tie this month’s posts together with more information about dental care and sensory issues. However, early this morning I read a letter that left me struggling to keep the mascara from streaking discolored rivulets across my face. After taking…
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Balancing Act of Perspectives
Each week, we’re mostly talking about my perspective. Even when the post seems entirely descriptive, my actions as discussed are certainly displaying a silent narrative of sorts based on what I prioritize and do. My perspective, though, is not the only one in the room. I am going to quote again in this post from…
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Dental Cleaning With Sedation: Prep & Updates
As I have briefly (for me, anyway) discussed before, dental visits and procedures are a bit different for Tony than your average kiddo. Portions of the exam and visit routinely handled without anesthetics or sedation absolutely require either of those for him to accomplish them at this time…for our son, his sensory differences, anxiety, ability…
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June Gratitude & Some Reading
To N.C. For Helping Kindness In early February, our little man was having a bit of a tough day. J.N., Emily, and I were trying to get him to play games with us, but he was agitated and disinterested. Pursuing avoidance, he ran into the kitchen and began yanking the silverware drawer open and closing…
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Visiting Disneyland Prep Strategies
Several weeks ago I promised a post with the therapy strategies I used to prepare Tony for our last Disneyland trip. By delivering this at the onset of the academic summer in the US, I want to be clear that I think a summertime trip to Disneyland should be avoided for kiddos with either Autism…
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Redefining Romance
I got similar feedback on last week’s post from both my hubby and a dear friend from out of state (hey girl!), and while they both agreed on the emotion it evoked, it’s Ms. T’s e-mailed comment that I’d like to speak a bit about this week: “Well I just read your post: it made…
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Let’s Talk About Mrs. Smith Instead…
This past week, I was reading the news as I used the restroom (that is my dedicated time to peruse the headlines because even my bathroom time currently gets doubly committed), when I ran across a Rolling Stone article on Mrs. Smith. Normally, I don’t have time to do more than scan a few sentences…
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Working it out in Physical Therapy
A few months ago, the clinic Tony goes to for physical therapy completed construction on an outside gym. This additional equipment has charmed his giggles and bubbled up bursts of joy each week he works outside with Ms. E, his physical therapist of nearly two years. When the weather won’t allow for work outdoors, his…
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May Gratitude & Some Doing
To J.N. – for walking an extra mile with our family In an earlier post, I recounted how J.N. from Arizona Children’s Association offered during our first assessment meeting to visit Tony weekly to help generalize his cooperation with others. As the case manager who oversees the administration of benefits for Tony’s ABA programs, J.N.…
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Awareness is Our Every Day
At the beginning of this month, I was opening up our front door around 5pm for the extremely patient Ms. C, who does ABA in the evenings with Tony three days a week. She opened the conversation with comments about Autism Awareness month, and I gave her what I know must have been an incredibly…