MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'grandparents'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:08:51 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118619&cid=t_104557_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1506     Being a grandparent is easy, you get to lavish all the love and hugs to your new grandchild and then you get to leave. Or not.  Its a slippery slope being a grandparent these days.  There is so much information on the internet about  pregnancy, labor and delivery, cord blood banking, and child rearing that it is dizzying.  Things are different now than they were ‘back in the day’  and as grandparents you must learn to move forward with your child and grandchild in order to promote a successful grand-parenting experience for everyone. Here is a great article about how to do just that. {Click here for a free information packet and special coupon for MAZE Cord Blood Laboratories! } (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118619 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:14:55 +0100 5118619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4233229&cid=t_104557_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F06%2Fsex-important-to-older-men-stop-the-presses%2F Here’s a news flash for you — people like sex. Even older people. Wow, what an astounding insight into human behavior. I think some people have this conception that older people are somehow, like, not normal. Like they don’t have all the same needs, wants and desires as a younger person does. Like aging itself is some sort of disorder or disease that needs separate studying and understanding. I’ll let you in on a little secret — most older folks don’t feel their age. Most middle-age folks don’t feel their age. Once you hit 25 or so, many people (most?) seem “stuck in time” in terms of their own self-image and what they imagine others see them as. Most people simply don’t seem to feel their chronological age. So your grandparents ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4233229 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:31:18 +0100 4233229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098491&cid=t_104557_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2FjexKuwuMOlc%2Fstretched-to-limit-money-for-college.html As people live longer and start families later, thousands of them are caring for children and elderly parents simultaneously. The competing demands from children and parents for time and resources are emotionally and financially draining. This situation has become all too familiar for many of the 77 million baby boomers and their younger Generation Boomer counterparts who find themselves "sandwiched" between caring for aging parents while still raising their own kids, to say nothing of working full time and saving for their own retirement.Financial issues are at the heart of the elder care system, and adult children often find themselves faced with concerns about their parents' finances along with how they will fund their children’s college education. Aside from purchasing a home, payi... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098491 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:25:00 +0100 4098491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577338&cid=t_104557_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F19%2Fon-the-state-of-the-public-health-annual-report-of-the-chief-medical-officer-2009%2F Title: On the State of the Public Health: Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer 2009 Skinny: Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer identifies the need and value of: Physical activity Impact of winter on mortality Rare diseases Value of grandparents in parenting Climate change and health Regional reports of good practice Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 81p. Published: 15/03/2010 Filed under: Environment, Grey Literature, NHS, Public Health Tagged: Climate, Grandparents, Grey Literature, Parenting, Physical Activity, Public Health, Rare Diseases, Winter Planning (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577338 Wed, 19 May 2010 10:57:22 +0100 3577338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871934&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FiVY-x8EReD8%2F The golden spike (or, as Jill says and I wish I’d thought of this, “100 is the new 160″) has unleashed a crop of opinions in the general media on autism’s present and future impact — and, indeed, if the “real” numbers have risen at all. “Autism is on the rise — or is it?’ wonders Newsweek (”The new data has everyone who cares about autism abuzz. But, as with so many issues connected to the disorder, no one can quite agree on what it means … “). The Los Angeles Times seems have interpreted the new numbers chiefly by averaging the affected ages at 8, and an opinion piece in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com maintains that awareness can’t be the sole reason for the seemingly overnight doubling. Even bigger m... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871934 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:30:48 +0100 2871934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782073&cid=t_104557_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F10%2Freflections-on-my-birthday%2F Yesterday, I did my civic duty and served on jury duty. It’s a reluctant responsibility many citizens in the U.S. serve, me among them. As luck would have it, I wasn’t called to actually sit on a jury, so Providence must have been shining on me a bit. An early birthday present, if you will. It also reminded me that living in a country such as the United States is a privilege, one that was earned on the backs and lives of millions of Americans who came before me. I am grateful for the opportunity offered me because of what my great grandparents decided to do — to immigrate to America with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Because of their courage, I’m here today, doing what I do. On events like my birthday, I get reflective and appreciative. I have a lot to be ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782073 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:53:14 +0100 2782073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442982&cid=t_104557_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F22%2Fo-wait-we-need-to-talk-about-something-else%2F Today is my Grandpa’s funeral.  Did you all forget about him?  You did right?  Its ok.  Its my fault.  I can’t seem to spread my crapness out evenly.  I’m sorry.  I’ll work on it ok? I am going to be spending the next 4 days down with my family.  We have the funeral, a memorial, a burial, some sort of party, a church service, probably a circus and I think I heard something about a concert?  I’ve been referring to this extravaganza as funeralpalooza.  I mean really?  4 days? I plan on being the drunk in the corner the whole time.  Who’s going to stop me?  And if they do?  O well wont they feel pretty foolish when I bark back with tails of my husband leaving me for no reason and divorce. …I said I’d work on separating out the crap... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442982 Fri, 22 May 2009 15:56:00 +0100 2442982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390498&cid=t_104557_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F06%2Frip%2F At 9:30 tonight my grandfather passed away.  He was not alone.  My Mom was with him and he died peacfully. I will miss you always, Grandpa.  You are the funny in my bones.  I love you forever. -Katrinka (Source: B a b y B o u n d) B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390498 Thu, 07 May 2009 04:42:48 +0100 2390498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2283409&cid=t_104557_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F20%2Ftwo-steps-forward%2F Well?  Gramps is back in ICU.  Not exactly sure what is going on although I do know that he’s bleeding.  They said he’s gone through 7 bags of blood and they haven’t found the source of the bleeding yet (they are working on that now).  I say: get a starving vampire?  Isn’t that like getting a plumber for a leaking sink?  He’ll find the leak. I’m not in a full fledged panic.  He is in very good hands.  Uncontrolled bleeding is obviously a bad thing, but as long as he’s being treated and they are working on a solution, it means they haven’t given up.  So I am not giving up either. On another note, Mark’s hand looks like its not even going to scar.  I mean that’s great and all, but you’d think you’d get an aweso... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2283409 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:06:10 +0100 2283409 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2283410&cid=t_104557_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F18%2Fandbreath-out%2F I have great news.  (I never get to say that!) My days as a hospital performer are about to end.  Mark is out and Grandpa is moved out of ICU to a regular bed.  Mark’s hand is still healing and I’m still nursing - although not really the kind I would like to be doing.  I haven’t been light headed cleaning out his wound in the last 4 days which I’m pretty sure means I’m almost a doctor now.  I’ve been hardened. My Grandpa is able to stick out his tongue, say no, lift his arms and legs, grope nurses and be sarcastic.  Yes, these are all things I know can be normally associated with my daily life, but for my Gpa, its massive improvement. With all this weight lifted off my shoulders, what ever is a girl to do with her spare time?  Take up knitting?  ... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2283410 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:08:11 +0100 2283410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2235713&cid=t_104557_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F03%2Fam-i-the-only-one-left-with-a-brain-around-here%2F Ahhh sigh.  Just another day here in craptastic land. My Grandfather had a massive stroke this morning.  He’s in surgery right now to drain the clot.  I have been told that he can no longer speak, but is in very good spirits and still has a sense of humor (which of course causes me to have visions of a mime performing his best to a crowd of ER onlookers.  And then of course causes me to look up for the strike of lightening that is inevitably shooting down towards me.) I’m at a loss here.  This is brand new territory for me.  All of my Grandparents are still alive.  I saw 3 of them - including the mime - on Sunday.  I am not sure what I should do.  Do I go down there?  Do I wait for an update?  The surgery is suppose to take several hours.  My Mom told me to wait.  ... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2235713 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:19:34 +0100 2235713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2228341&cid=t_104557_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F01%2Ffor-someone-special-or-everyone%2F Is anyone as disappointed in me as I am?  Where the hell have I been lately?  Why no posts?  I mean Jesus.  Its not like rocket science right?  I should be punished.  O wait, I don’t get children.  Right. I had an interesting observation yesterday at the store.  I had to pick up a birthday card for my Grandpa.  His 82nd birthday was yesterday and we spent the day with him today stuffing our faces at a buffet, trying to beat our personal best on calorie intake, and then wondering the halls of an old people’s hospital retirement community.  I think I hit my fill of old people for at least a month.  My toes can’t really take anymore of those walker wheels. OK my observation.  Anyone else ever notice that there are hardly any Grandpa birthday cards?  Like, there ... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2228341 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:37:15 +0100 2228341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1955305&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F4Ii0Nlq7dHY%2F Autism myths abound and Kev is collecting, and dissecting, them at this new site. One myth that especailly irks me is the notion that autistic kids are “in their own world” and “withdrawn into themselves” and, generally, “out of it.” My son Charlie is thoroughly engaged in and attuned to the goings-on of the world all around him. He may not look like he is, and he often does no respond in the usual ways that people are accustomed, to indicate social awareness. Due to his limited language, people tend to assume, or too quickly assume, that he does not understand what is said to him. But never underestimate how carefully someone, and someone who doesn’t have the “usual,” “expected” responses, might be tuning in. It’s app... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955305 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:21:28 +0100 1955305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926559&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FIr-93DO-uAA%2F Work has been unusually hectic lately for me: Students are registering for spring semester classes and I keep walking out of my office to see a couple of students looking at me expectantly, and telling me “they just need a few minutes.” I’ve been saying “I can meet next week because my parents here and right now I have to get home to meet my son’s schoolbus” and have only belatedly realized why the students look so puzzled: What does the arrival of my parents have to do with them getting into their preferred section of English 134? It’s very simple: On-call babysitting, grandparents style. More grandparents (grandmothers in particular) are “filling the child care breach,” the October 31st New York Times notes. My parents live in Califor... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926559 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:59:27 +0100 1926559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1809849&cid=t_104557_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F396330774%2Fthis-is-not-grandmas-diabetes.php The past two evenings I've been watching the Cubs and Brewers battle it out at Wrigley Field. Grandma and I sit in her little den, I in my grandfather's white leather recliner and she next to me, staring intently at... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1809849 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:14:00 +0100 1809849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1790366&cid=t_104557_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FfbmZUEaY-ds%2F AlzheimersNotes.com This week, over at the b5media Lifestyles Channel  we paid a tribute to grandparents, in recognition of Grandparents Day.  The b5media Lifestyles Channel pays tribute to their own grandparents with memories, recipes and values handed down from generation to generation, said Channel Editor Gayla McCord. Perhaps you have tributes to grandparents you’d like to share in the comments.  Some of you may be caring for grandparents with Alzheimer’s.  However, even so, they have passed along to you memories, values, and talents. At Quilting and Patchwork, where I also blog, I wrote a tribute to my grandmother for my quilting heritage and for introducing me to this art. Over at One Book Two Book, another of my blogs, I reminisce about the reading heritage from my ... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1790366 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:14:25 +0100 1790366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1782729&cid=t_104557_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F389053135%2Fmy-grandfathers-blessings.php I received a link to a new book by Rachel Naomi Remen entitled My Grandfather's Blessings. Of course, it piqued my interest, having had the final goodbye to my grandfather yesterday, so I read the following excerpt with curiosity. I feel... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1782729 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:35:45 +0100 1782729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773264&cid=t_104557_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F386384314%2Fkeeping-things-whole.php Today is my grandfather's memorial service and visitation. Tomorrow, we bury him.I feel strange about the whole thing. Aside from the home health-care aid, I was the first to see grandpa's lifeless body only moments after he passed. It was... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773264 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:42:07 +0100 1773264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1764003&cid=t_104557_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F383882646%2Flife-is-no-brief-candle.php Life is no brief candle to me. It isa sort of splendid torch which I'vegot hold of for the moment, andI want to make itburn as brightlyas possible...-G.B.  Shaw                                      * * *Born September 4th, 1919 to parents from Hamburg,... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1764003 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:20:08 +0100 1764003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1696302&cid=t_104557_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F362236861%2Fthank-you-for-your-prayers.php There must be a whole gang of angels here on earth and above who are rooting for my Grandpa Ray because he came home from the hospital today. Thank you, each and every, for your thoughts and prayers. He's on... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696302 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:25:16 +0100 1696302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1689075&cid=t_104557_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F359088186%2Fprecious-precarious-life.php I was in a deep sleep Tuesday morning when the home health care nurse for my grandparents, screamed my name so loudly my ears were ringing. "COME DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!" I heard echo through the hall separating my apartment... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1689075 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:23:23 +0100 1689075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502630&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F308152465%2F A man writes about his 3-year-old niece to Dear Abby: Apparently the little girl has been diagnosed with autism and the man’s brother has not revealed this to their parents (the little girl’s grandparents). Abby responds that “If you value your relationship with Simon [the man’s brother], do not reveal his secret.” Ok, but—-my own parents were some of the first people that I called about Charlie being diagnosed with autism. They had a hard time accepting this but have since become Charlie’s biggest fans and—though they live 3000 miles away from us—-visit regularly and are very committed to taking care of Charlie. In fact, they’re the only people that we can leave him overnight with. I understand that different families have their ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502630 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:00:26 +0100 1502630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1450466&cid=t_104557_158_f&fid=36160&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeinstitute.com%2Fcaregivingminutes%2F%3Fp%3D90 Increasingly the number of grandparents who function as primary caregivers to children under age 21 is increasing. Grandparents are increasingly becoming parents to young children. Whether biological parents are removed due to drug use, criminal prosecution, or simple abandonment, grandparents who function as parents have a lot to deal with in caring for a young grandchild. The AARP Foundation Grandparent Information Center is a valuable resource to grandparents who function as parents. AARP (The American Association of Retired Persons) offers a wealth of information for families and the GIC Local Grandparent Support Database is among its least well-known resources. The database essentially connects grandparents to local third party resources that provide support for the challenges grand... CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1450466 Sun, 18 May 2008 10:50:28 +0100 1450466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1177742&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F223144852%2F Autism Changes Everything is the title of an article in next Sunday’s Parade magazine, in which Autism Speaks cofounder Suzanne Wright. Wright describes how her grandson slipped into the “grip” of autism and how “[o]ur grief evolved into feelings of anger and, eventually, determination.” She notes that she and her husband, Bob Wright, ….simply could not fathom why so little was known about a disorder that was devastating thousands of families like ours. Where were the impassioned speeches on the floors of Congress? Why hadn’t anyone told us this could happen to our grandchild—to anyone’s child? Curious. From these sentences, you’d think that no one who was anyone had heard about autism or knew what it was when Wright’s grandson was d... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1177742 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:22:29 +0100 1177742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1047958&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F189731518%2F My mom and dad made a point of telling me how much they liked the CNN special on autism, Finding Amanda that aired last Monday (and was supposed to be re-aired Friday night, but got pre-empted by live programming on Larry King). Charlie calls my parents by the Cantonese words for “grandfather” and “grandmother,” “Gong Gong” and “Po Po”; while they live in California, they are his main babysitters. Aside from Charlie’s home speech therapist who we have known since she was in college, my parents are the only people who can take care of Charlie for long periods of time, and overnight, if need be. That does mean that they have been with Charlie through every possible sort of moment, including some really tough ones—-as on Tuesday... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1047958 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:19:24 +0100 1047958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=995056&cid=t_104557_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F177914084%2F    Most of the “spooky” gatherings may be nearing an end.  However, I’d like to share something thoughtful the chorus from a local school presented for nursing home residents in our area. The fourth and fifth grade chorus members dressed in Halloween costumes and went on a field trip with their music teachers.  They visited four nursing homes within a 50 mile radius and sang for the residents and staff. I’m sure those at the homes enjoyed the youngsters’ visits and their songs.  I recall how much such activities meant to the residents where my mom lived while she had Alzheimer’s.  Mother, because she’d enjoyed her years as a school teacher, always had a fondness for children.  I remember her smiling face as she gazed upon my daughter and ... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=995056 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:46:14 +0100 995056 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=594265&cid=t_104557_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F5%2F7%2Fbarbara-hillary-a-new-kind-of-oldster.html There is a great story in the SF Chronicle about a woman named Barbara Hillary. The headline in the print version of the Chronicle proclaims “Black woman reaches goal – North Pole.” But to me the real story here is that Hillary is a 75 year old lung cancer survivor who hired a personal trainer and learned to ski so that she could go to the North Pole.When I was a kid I thought being 65 meant getting a Barcalounger and watching the soaps. Now, grammas and grampas are engaging in adventures previously thought to be the purview of the young and crazy.Hillary, the article says, grew up in Harlem. She was a nurse and a community activist. After retirement, she battled lung cancer. By age 72, she was dog sledding in Quebec and photographing polar bears in Manitoba. When she lea... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=594265 Mon, 07 May 2007 14:36:03 +0100 594265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=511544&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F105312119%2F “I can’t leave my child alone for a moment.” “He can never be out of my sight.” How often have you (if you are, like me, the parent of an autistic child)—-how often do you—-say these sentences? Or are they not mere sentences to you but mantras that you organize your life by? Knowing what Charlie is up to and where Charlie is and who he is with are the sine qua non of my days. Sometimes I think I have developed the proverbial eyes in the back of the head—some sort of sixth sense—so that I always know where Charlie is. He can talk, but in short phrases that—shades of his apraxia—are not always clearly articulated. He answers Jim’s and my requests, and those of his teachers, but is much more sporadic about responding to a... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=511544 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:55:53 +0100 511544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485762&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35046&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristinachew.com%2Fautism%2F2007%2F02%2Ftranslations_61.html The curtain rose to reveal a man and a woman sitting opposite each other and very close as he moved his lips in exaggerated fashion and said Say 'my----name----is-----Sarah.' At first only sounds came from her mouth, and as he... (Source: Autismland) Autismland blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485762 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:31:37 +0100 485762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485763&cid=t_104557_133_f&fid=35046&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristinachew.com%2Fautism%2F2007%2F02%2Fready_go_609.html On a walk to the train this morning, we heard the sound of barking behind and from above. Charlie stopped stamping chunks of snow and ice flat and turned his eyes backwards, just as a garbage trunk grunted past us... (Source: Autismland) Autismland blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485763 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:58:00 +0100 485763