Have you ever gotten so accustomed to one thing that you didn’t quite know how to act when something else replaced it? It was like that for me today. For the past two months Lia has been having a rough go of it, and it has touched all aspects of her life. I would report […]
Monthly Archives: June 2014
“Why can’t you just stop!” Mom’s frustration causes her to snap at Lia. Lia has been gagging and spitting up since her mini-meltdown several minutes earlier when she was denied a third helping of beans and rice. Experience has taught us that a third helping is more than her stomach can handle, even if she […]
It occurred to me that I haven’t presented a definition for autism. And I know how much healthcare professionals like definitions. They give us a point of reference for comparing what we see with what we have read, or have been taught during our training. Definitions help us identify findings, and communicate those findings to […]
During my tenure with Lia I have watched a long line of Nurses come and go. So has she. Since I’ve been there the longest, I’m usually asked to “train” these Nurses, over the course of two to five hours, to work with her. Truth is, Lia trains them, and there are times when she […]
Lia's Nurse 