Celebrate Every Little Thing Like It’s Big
The stress in my life lately has been palpable and ravenous, requiring the delivery of…
Tag: impulse control
The Nightmare of “No”
“He’s growing so tall! He’s doing so well! He’s being so patient!” We were finishing…
French Fry Flexibility
About 3 years ago, I had just headed out on a walk with Tony and…
Using ABA To Calm Some Chaos
Anyone working with our son quickly finds out that he wants everything to go exactly…
Resurrecting Public Therapy
The cashier at Bashas’ looked at me as she pulled Tony’s bag of suckers across…
Some Things Are More Important
I am rarely at a loss for words to write or say. Our current local…
A Year of Gifts
So much of the gift giving in our communities is concentrated and condensed into days…
Picturing Community Safety
At the meeting place of Tony’s growth rate, his sensory differences, the profundity of his…
No Such Thing as Medication Salvation
This week, our story drops through the words of two songs of the same title,…
365 Days a Year of Things to Fear
When I was young, our family often watched reruns of The Twilight Zone. Black and…