Practical Tip #45 – Enter Their World

It can be a challenge to stay engaged with my son when he has limited interests and prefers to be alone. However, I have found if I take the time to study what captures his attention, then I can enter his world.

Practical Tip #44 Surviving Winter Months

When my boys were very young, someone gave our family an inside swing.   Both my boys loved it.  It was great for rainy and snowy days when the kids couldn’t go outside to play.  We used this item for years.

Practical Tip #43 Kitchen Fun

I bought some colorful cookie dough through a fundraiser.  It almost looked like playdough.  I thought Tristan might find this interesting.  When the order came in I went off to the store to purchase some new cookie cutters.

Counting My Blessings

I am thankful for all the people that have come alongside our family over the years because of Tristan. The list is too long to individually list names.  Therefore, I am going to list categories:

Practical Tip #42- Pumpkin Fun! An Alternative to Carving Pumpkins

I came across an activity on-line.   The YouTube video is called “Rainbow Crayon Pumpkin!”   I thought to myself, “Tristan would love this.”

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God’s Grace Abounds — 3 Years Later

I was very surprised one of my post generated so many views.  It was titled “100 Days of Grace.”  It was a very emotional post about our family crisis with autism.

I could just resume the same post.  I can’t believe it has been three years since transitioning our non-verbal 13-year-old son to a residential school three hours away.  That means he is now 16!

 

Potty Training Non-Verbal Autism

When Tristan was about 4 years old and I had a question for another mom, “How will I be able to potty train a non-verbal child?” 

A Special Message On This Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s raising non-verbal children!   I am grateful to God for all the deep life lessons on unconditional love that I get to experience through raising my son, Tristan.

Practical Tip #40- Participate In An Autism Awareness Walk!

We participated in a local autism awareness walk. This was the first time for our family to do this! I wish we hadn’t waited so long because it was a positive family day.

Practical Tip #38 – Bubble Bubble Pop!

 

For an outdoor sensory activity try a bubble machine!  As you can see from the picture our son loves it! This activity can be a little messy, but it’s all clean fun!