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Maybe I can’t tell you all the reasons my schedule is bleeding losses of self-care. Maybe I still can’t always get into every medical appointment I need to for myself. I’ve actually made two annual physicals in a row…but I have two other specialists I’m past due for visiting and a mammogram that will happen…sometime?
To Emily At this point, really what more can I add? Thank you for choosing so many times to work for our family, for finding this to be such a happy place to work for you, for all the ways you have consistently shown that you can see all of the best our little man
I get asked a lot lately, “so how is Tony doing?” Well, it’s been a very busy couple of months. We went right from the transition out of services with his former ABA providers (and he was really heartbroken about that) into the holidays where pretty much everybody who works with us wanted to take
I don’t automatically check on therapy programs to verify the use of best practice for Tony the way I do for medications. Therapy programs don’t come with life-threatening interactions or anaphylaxis. I do tend to read a bit about any therapy type he needs because sometimes it can be hard to find providers where we
I was 14 when I was finally given a diagnosis for the birth defect on my right foot, and I have had two corrective surgeries on this foot. Many years ago, in my mid 20’s, I had just started seeing a popular, well-respected podiatrist within the healthcare system I worked for. He had started me
I have always been so very grateful to the therapists and individuals who have chosen to work with our son and our family. So many years ago when Andy and I were driving our rental car towards Disneyland on our honeymoon, as we talked about the family we hoped to start our current circumstances really
December Gratitude The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, we had gone for Hannah to one of the more time consuming pit stops of waiting purgatory…an Arizona MVD office. The skittles and kindle were packed, an appointment was made…and we were still in there for about half an hour with at least 60 of our fellow Arizonans. Tony
The last habilitation therapist to work in our home was a lovely young woman. I really liked her. She had never worked with the developmentally disabled. Had no educational training, no knowledge of the therapy types or techniques. I trained her myself on Tony’s programs…personally I care more about someone’s ability to be patient and
Our son has what is considered to be severe Autism. Some people think that means he can’t love people, or that he doesn’t pick up on things they do and certainly that he doesn’t grasp any of the implications. He has always loved, always bonded with others. And I have never seen him bond with
I’m going to start this off by asking that my loved ones who recognize the situation below make no comment. I will not be giving any identifying information because my aim is to educate and nothing more, and I will definitely strike down any public comment that doesn’t honor the spirit of that. Once upon
