Autism Awareness

Baseball

by Sita 2 May 2010

Looking to place my kids to play some kind of sport was difficult for me, what if they don’t like . But we decided to just give it a try . So we signed them both for Challenger little league baseball. We went to our very first game on Friday ( first for even my husband and [...]

Back to school

by Sita 20 August 2009

When school opens is a happy and a sad time for me. My kids are going to be away from me but I know they have to learn. My little one is going to be in 1st grade and my son is going to be in 5th grade. Wow time sure goes by fast. They [...]

Good times

by Sita 27 July 2009

Sometimes, good things happen during bad time. Yes it is true, my husband is out of work for a few months now and the children have gotten more close to him. My daughter is a daddy’s girl but my son is a mommy’s boy and with his dad been at home, it was a bit [...]

Letting go

by Sita 17 July 2009

I always thought going to the county fair would be a challenge with my son. As long as someone is sitting next to him he probably would be fine and that would be the only way he would sit through the ride. I was scared of him trying to get off the rides while in [...]

Cheese over candy

by Sita 16 July 2009

Taking my daughter grocery shopping is not so fun, with all the candy, soda sitting all right there at the check-out stand. She would cry for her candy which I hate buying. But this trip to the store was so funny. We had done shopping and was paying. Then all of a sudden she started [...]

Two worlds as One

by Sita 12 July 2009

I never thought the day would come, when both my children will play with one another. My son who has autism and my daughter who has CRS (Caudal regression Syndrome), two different forms of disabilities, how could they meet in the center and play? At home, they were aware of each other being at home [...]

I will find a way

by Sita 9 July 2009

I was having my 4 month ultra sound done when the Dr looked at me and said ” I think there is something wrong”. My heart dropped to the floor but been brave asked what is wrong. Dr said, She might not be able to move from the waist down and needed to do an [...]

Water

by Sita 9 July 2009

Having got my children to drink more water, I used to buy bottled water so they would think it’s cool to do so. Now wanting to lessen our carbon footprint, decided to to go with the reusable water bottles. I thought I would be going through many reusable water bottles. I was wrong. I am [...]

Camera in the hands of an Autistic boy

by Sita 3 July 2009

My son has autism and giving him a camera was the best thing we have done. He has limited speech. He takes photos of what he likes. This really helps with understanding his likes and seeing things through his eyes. It is also interesting to see what catches his attention, and animals are what he [...]