If you're blogging for autism awareness in April

As many of you probably already know, April is Autism Awareness Month and it's just around the corner. I made this button to use for autism awareness posts, feel free to take it and use it too. If you'll be blogging for autism awareness at all next month, please let me know and I'll post a link to your blog. <center><a href="http://3runningincircles.blogspot.com/search/label/Autism%20Awareness%20Month"...

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Words matter, be kind

It's not about political correctness, it's about kindness and common decency. Contrary to the old "sticks and stones" adage, words can and do hu...

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Little Bitty's birthday celebration

Just wanted to share some pictures from our birthday celebration this weekend. It was very low-key and turned out be a great day overall. We had one major meltdown, but we had two firsts!We followed many of your suggestions and opted to just make it a relaxing day and follow his lead, with no expectations.Around mid-morning we were in the garage with the door open and Bitty brought...

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Happy 4th Birthday Little Bitty!

The big day is here, Little Bitty is officially 4 years old. We finally figured out something to do on his birthday, we're going to take him to a petting zoo. He loves animals and had a great time when a petting zoo visited his school in the fall, so we thought he'd enjoy that.Unfortunately, it is pouring rain today so we'll have to wait until another day. My parents are coming...

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A True Hero: "Spiderman" rescues autistic boy

I stumbled onto this amazing story tonight and I just had to share because it made my day. It's a brief story of simple kindness, creativity, and quick thinking... living proof that there are true heroes in this world.An 8-yr-old boy, frightened on his first day at a special needs school, climbed out onto a 3rd story ledge and refused to come back in. A fireman, overhearing his...

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SEW & WW: Climbing Mt. Cat-Post

Mr. Bitty loves to climb the cat post. I have lost count of how many times I've told him to STOP climbing the cat post, tried to distract him to do something else, and/or had to pry him away from the cat post. Seriously, this thing was made for a cat, not an almost-40-lb. boy.The other day I decided to take a quick picture before getting him down (for the umpteenth time). I'm not...

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IEP page updates

Just a quick heads up for anyone who's interested, I've added a few updates to the IEP page.If you enjoyed this post, get free updates by email or R...

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Story Corner #1: Spray!

Bearhug and Cuddlebug like to make their own books. Here's one that Bearhug wrote last week called, "Spray." As the back cover says, "This story is about a boy. And he sprays." LOL, he shakes up a can of coke to make it spray everywhere.He uses C1, C2, etc. to mean "Chapter 1, Chapter 2" etc. There's one page he did comic book style, the parts of the page are numbered so that tells...

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It's almost Bitty's birthday...

... and he couldn't care less. He doesn't seem to have any concept of what a birthday is, or why it's anything he might want to get excited about. I was hoping that this might be the year that he started to care.I guess not.He likes cake, sort of. But cake on his birthday has no more meaning than cake any other day. He doesn't really have a concept of being a "big boy." I ask him...

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Things I never thought I'd say...

So after I wrote about things my kids will never hear me say, I thought it would be fun to write about things I actually have said, but never thought I would until I did. #1 is my personal favorite, lol. Ah, the joys of potty-training twins :).1. If that is your poop, how did it end up in your brother's pants? (in response to Bearhug trying to convince me it was HIS so he could...

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Things my children will NEVER hear me say

I saw this on some other blogs and thought it was a cute idea.~~~~~~~~~~~~Things my children will NEVER hear me say:1. You're not tired? Why didn't you say so? In that case, feel free to stay up as late as you want. School night, schmool night.2. I can hear you best when you're both talking at the same time. Better yet, wait until your little brother is screaming, and then both...

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Mesothelioma

Bearhug has been pretty darn near obsessed with mesothelioma ever since he started noticing those lawyer commercials that come on all the time. For any of you who are not inundated with these commercials, mesothelioma is a serious lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos. And the lawyers are running ads about it all. the. time.He and Cuddlebug are already fascinated by viruses...

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Four years ago today (not the birthday post)

If Little Bitty wasn't such a stubborn guy, this might have been the birthday post, but he is, and so it's not. And no, I keep telling you, I have NO idea where he got that from! I just know it wasn't me. *snicker*Anyway, so four years ago today, Mr. Bitty's due date came and went and nothing happened. Nada. Zip. Not even the hint of excitement. I was impressed with myself for...

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