A few days ago, I sat on my bed and cried as I repeatedly inhaled deeply a perfume I had tested out on my forearm, a fragrance with jasmine notes. Never in my life to this point have I been able to tolerate the smell of jasmine in the community or even as a background
Things have remained pretty busy over here, so I am going to keep this post short and sweet. Yep, it was strep. He’s been on antibiotics for more than a week now. And the appointment to be tested with his primary care made it clear there’s yet another thing we need to help him learn
Some day, my son is definitely going to be able to read. He can do a little bit of spelling now using apps, some sight word memory games (where the sight words are turned over and he creates matches from memory). Lately I have been practicing his scanning with him by giving him fields of
On September 6th, I attended the virtual question and answer session held by the Arizona AHCCCS Administration to address additional changes they had made based on parent feedback to the CMS 1115 waiver proposal. As a parent, I personally want to express my appreciation and gratitude that our voices were heard, considered, and that modifications
Shortly after I sent out my post last Saturday, I received an e-mail notifying me that The Fabulous Miss Whitney had passed away. For those of you who haven’t been reading with us long enough to know, she was his first habilitative therapist (between the ages of 3 and 6). Our son loved her. I
As you read this, I want you to envision if this were your reality, how the world would feel, how you would act. Imagine even something so common as foam soap could make you gag and vomit if it touched your skin, and that most everything that touched your skin caused pain no matter how
Yesterday afternoon, I read the public response from Raising Special Kids about AHCCCS 1115, the proposed CMS waiver that seeks to extend some provisions allowing parents to provide attendant care to their children, while discontinuing others, namely allowing parents to become the paid habilitative therapy providers. I feel it is important for me to share
My name is Ariana T and my son, Anthony (Tony) has multiple qualifying DDD diagnoses. He has complex behavioral and therapeutic needs, but has demonstrated progress through his therapies that have allowed him to gain skills he otherwise would not have had, thus reducing the cost of providing future services to him. For the past
I spoke very minimal Spanish when our little man was first placed with and adopted into our family. What motivated me initially to continue to learn was our son, because I had wanted him to be able to have a conversation with his birth mom should he ever choose to want to meet and talk
I had stepped out of the house during the last few minutes of physical therapy earlier this week to take out the trash. When I came back in, I noticed Tony was limping as he walked over to his speech device and asked me to help him. Apparently he had used his foot to move
