World of Autism

Lucas was watching “Jurassic Park” today.

During the part where they were lifting a cow through the air to drop it into the Velociraptor cage (kind of in a sling, at the end of a crane), he said, “Look Mom, cow is Buffalo wings…”

I think maybe he was making a joke!  A “flying” cow = Buffalo WINGS, get it?!

On another note, we heard from a woman namde Bobbi who has a website for banjo players called Windy Strings .  She works with my husband, has another friend who has an autism website, and got us together via an e-mail.

Bobbi also kindly placed a link to LucasWorks on her site, and thanks to her, we’ve discovered a new website called Autism Hangout .

So thank you, Bobbi, for your kindness!  It’s things like this that make the world a better place for all of us!

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Geez, how is it possible that it’s already the middle of January! 

Christmas and New Year’s went by WAYYY too fast, and the start of a new year is always a busy time for our LucasWorks business.  We’ve also been trying to get Lucas’ IEP done since November, which I’ll talk about soon (I promise!)

But Lucas showed some GREAT imagination, and I just had to stop everything to share it! 

He calls me into the living room, where his dog Dixie is sitting on his lap, just as happy as can be:

So I go in and ask, “What’s up, Lucas?”  Lucas responds with, “Look Mom, Angry Dog!”

Can you see how Lucas is pressing Dixie’s forehead down, to make wrinkles?  HE MADE HIS DOGGY FROWN!!!

This is GREAT (and also hilarious!) 

I’ll NEVER believe ANYONE who tries to tell me that my son cannot learn, or is too old to make progress!  Anyone who’s got the imagination to figure out how to make a dog look angry is definitely still capable of learning, so THERE (picture me sticking my tongue out here.)

Okay, it’s back to work for me.  I’ll write about his IEP this coming weekend (I need to wait until the trauma begins to fade…)

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