Category: Aspie Family Updates
See what Aspie Family is up to: Are we traveling? Struggling with kids? Hanging at a campground? We share our stories.
An Awesome IEP Meeting for the Tot
It’s Been One of Those Days again…
You know the kind of day when you have a ton of things planned to accomplish and can get to none of it; when the lights are too damn bright, the kids are too damn loud, and the madness does not stop for a single flipping second, and you really …
IEP Day—This is what I’ve prepared—Parental Concerns
Asperger’s: Online College Seems to be Working for Me
Some of you may know that I had a lot of trouble attempting a college education when I was younger. I started college in 1991 after dropping out of HS and taking my GED, but I was not able to finish and always struggled to understand why. A major culprit …
Your Help Needed! IEP Meeting Scheduled
I am jotting down notes here in a black and white marble note book sitting open on my desk as I read policies, and do IEP research. I simply cannot walk into a meeting that I am unprepared for—beyond prepared. I have Aspie obsession working in my favor at least. …
Tactics and Attempts to Intimidate
Teacher’s Response; She has no intention of helping him
Update/Observation on Aspie Teen’s Grades
Aspie Teen and I have spent the past two weeks getting ready for his final exams. Despite the fact that, to date the school system has not finished their evaluation for services, and/or IEP which the Teen desperately needs, I consider semester one of High School a success. The Teen …
My Consuming Frustration: “Recess should not be…denied…”
I do not care what the school’s policy is, or how the principal feels about it; denying children recess as punishment is wrong. And—the SC Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness agrees with me. South Carolina: Code 59-10-10 (2005) requires grades K-5 be provided with a minimum of 150 minutes of …