Louder than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism is Jenny McCarthy’s retelling of her struggles with her son Evan, now 5 years old. It is a fast read, 202 pages in larger type.
The story of Evan is interesting, but the author’s own character development is the real reason to read the book. She [...]
It takes a lot for my daughters to surprise me any more.
This last week, whenever I sat at the piano, the younger requested “Jesus Loves Me.” When I have the Accompaniment to the Liturgy up, she follows the Lord’s Prayer with her finger, no doubt reading whole word after whole word. She knows that completely [...]
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Last week John Stossel published an article at townhall.com about Walmart’s $4 prescriptions and a medical industry that is growing outside of the normal way of doing business with insurance. It’s an article worth reading. Some drugs are so cheap now that people choose not to pay for insurance; thus, we will never see [...]
The NR Wife is attending the 2007 NATTAP Conference (link dead) in Columbus, OH. Last night she was choosing from the list of events to go to, trying to decide between “Welcome to the Club!”, a light-hearted welcome to a club nobody chooses to sign up for, or “Increasing Positive Interaction Between Typically Developing Preschoolers [...]
Got to watch the kids play soccer today. They may not be able to contest the ball yet, but both of them have a nice throw-in range for their age.
I did an ABA session with the younger daughter and saw two new cool things. If I told her to throw a ball, she’d [...]
