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Transition in the Trenches: Midwinter Mash Up
Notes. In no particular order, here's a little of what's been happening during January and February in our neck of the woods. These could all be little individual posts, but today you get a mash up....
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The Situation: Summer Job No Supports
The summer job dilemma. With his classes at Ivy Tech ending in mid-May, FF has decided a part-time summer job might be a good thing. We agree. How does he make that happen? I wish there was an e-how...
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The Phone Interview
FF, on the phone in kitchen: "Yes, hello. This is he."The prearranged morning phone interview with a major big box company gets underway. This is a first. FF usually only talks on the phone with family...
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Career Choice with a Twist: Ducking the Usual Question
"What do you like to do?"Â Son Fickle Fan gets asked that question probably seven to ten times a year, because if you don't know where you're headed career-wise, that's where every employment...
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On a Random Tuesday
On a random Tuesdaywhile I was at work, I got a phone call from FF. Bam. There's that gut-wrenching feeling. Now what? Parent T in T readers get this. It's the quaking you experience when you see that...
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Some Passions Never Die, But I Really Wish This One Would
When I kick the bucket, I'll know instantly that I've gone to the wrong place if I hear the non-lilting falsetto strains of Pikachu assaulting me as I cross the threshold. I can't tell you how much I...
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Talking the Talk
I've spent the holidays subjected to FF and my husband as they second guess the refs, coach from the couch, and discuss which quarterback has what stats and why. It's bowl season. The ridiculous number...
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Have You Talked with Your Parents About When They Die?
Last semester FF was dutifully (not a word I often apply to him) doing his homework for his Intro to Sociology course at the local community college. And this question came up. Yes, that one up there...
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Different Worlds
Both of my children perch precariously on the higher functioning end of the autism spectrum (often, of course, not-so-higher-functioning). And that's as close as they may ever get, because in reality...
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Telemarketers in Transition
I confess. I screen the telemarketers. Given that son FF's phone skills are less than sparkling, and his tolerance for people asking him questions is low, at best, I stop the always-at-dinnner...
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Playing by the Rules: Self-Advocacy in College for Students on the Spectrum
You would think we would know how to play Adventures in Community College Land by now. Maybe not.It's a tricky one, this game--a live action role-playing, Dungeons and Dragonish venture, seemingly...
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All the Comforts of Home
Daughter Dearest opened her refrigerator to make herself some breakfast this week, only to discover a pan of chicken feet lying in wait on the bottom shelf. For someone with OCD and Aspergers, you can...
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