This is the song that never ends Yes it goes on and on, my friends Some people started singing it Not knowing what is was And they'll...

When I sat down to write a closing post, this title popped into my head, which is rather funny because it quickly occurred to me that I...

Despite my husband's career in academia, and my own background as a teacher, our kids have led us towards a life without school. I don't...

I started this blog thinking I would mostly share learning stories and examples of documentation about the children's education, and that...

We are home and healthy! Well, physically, at least. Everyone is fully recovered from our bout of covid, thank goodness. Psychologically,...

The pandemic may technically be over, but the four of us ended up sick with the latest strain of the virus while on vacation! My extended...

The other day, I watched my children play happily together in the backyard, digging a giant hole in the dirt. They were so engaged in...

It's breakfast time on a Monday morning. E is in the most typical phase of his Non-24 cycle and slept 9pm-8am - a great night's rest. My...

I have never been a video game person. We had a Sega Genesis as kids, and then an N64, and they were fun, but playing a couple of rounds...

Radical acceptance is espoused often in PDA parenting circles. We cannot change the child we have in front of us; it is futile (not to...

Even before I started this blog, I would often journal about the highs and lows of my sleep deprived days, just as a means of survival....

E asked to have a campfire the other night! It was was a lovely way to spend the evening... and it ended with a panic attack. It was the...

Up to 80% of autistic children have a sleep disorder, and E happens to have a rare sleep condition that has added another highly complex...

Super Mario has been an off and on interest for E since he was about 4.5. It all started when he picked up this book at the library: We...

The way E thinks about math is fascinating. He has long been interested in equations. I took the photo below last September after he had...

Seven blog posts later, I think I have brought y'all up to speed on our personal backstory! It was cathartic for me to write it all out,...

Complex PTSD to be exact. CPTSD is distinct because it can occur after experiencing long term or recurring trauma rather than a single...

While we have slowly built a support team of a few professionals who "get it," they play a necessary but peripheral role in our story....

I've danced around finishing this post for a few weeks because reliving E's first autism assessment is hard for me. I stopped and started...

We were finally moving forward. I had survived years in the dark not knowing the reason my child was struggling, no professional so far...