The Kender Report
Kender has had a busy week. On Monday, he went under anesthesia for an eye exam, which showed nothing new. Dr. Trese said we could start backing off one of the three eye drops Kender takes every day,...
View ArticleBorderline
Everything medical in our lives (except for Kender!) seems to be borderline. The boundary line (ohai Loki!) between “clinical” and “not a problem” is not always a happy place to live. Being on the...
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Fake a Disability
Without AKos, this trip to the zoo would not have happened for Kender. “Hey, did you know that [insert disability here] people get to [insert special access here]? We could do that, too, because the...
View ArticleA’Kos Goes to School
I realized after we got home that I didn’t get any pictures of A’Kos and Kender today. I’ll have to remedy that next week! Today was A’Kos’ first trip to Foster where we have our homeschool co-op...
View ArticleThe Kender Project: A Roundtable IEP
My first children were a set of triplets born at 26 weeks gestation, 14 weeks early. We went from happy young couple planning to start a family to being thrown straight into the crazy and confusing...
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The Kender Report
It’s been a while, so I figured it was past time for another post on Kender. October was a busy time for us, with so many birthdays to celebrate. A’Kos also has made some new friends. He is just as...
View ArticleTransformation and Perspective
One day last week, while hiding in the coat closet, Kender discovered our old vacuum cleaner. It’s been hiding there for many years, gathering coats instead of dust. He decided this was going to be...
View ArticleI Can’t See
I am autistic. To be more specific, I am a very high functioning autistic, which means that I don’t look autistic. I pass for neurotypical most of the time. The passing makes it hard to cope with,...
View ArticleKender and School
It feels weird to be talking about Kender going to school. We’ve been homeschoolers for so long. It’s all about what’s best for the kids, though. In Kender’s case, right now, a group learning...
View ArticleMeltdowns
I’ve been saving up blog posts for a bit, making note of things I want to say but not finding the time to write the posts. This one caught me at just the right time, though. This video recently came...
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