So, needless to say, we were super excited to see October 15th coming up on the calendar. For weeks before the date, I started digging for information. There really was none tobe had. My last call for information was made on Friday, 10/13/12, when there was still no information. I was told to talk to [...]

After responding to an inquiry from the Autism Alliance of Michigan last week, Erin was contacted by Robin Erb of the Detroit Free Press regarding an article she was writing about the recent autism insurance reform in the state of Michigan.   After a half hour phone interview Ms. Erb asked if she could send out a photographer [...]

So much has happened in the past two months!! We’ve been so busy that I’ve neglected the blog. I guess that I can just say that I’ve been on sabbatical. In any case, here’s an update of what we’ve been up to… On March 29th, after several trips to Lansing and sitting through many hearings [...]

A post that I saw today on Facebook regarding misappropriation of funds by Autism Speaks intrigued me. It’s an accusation that I’ve seen more than once in the autism community. Some are so staunchly against the organization that they have set up online petitions to boycott it. My experience with Autism Speaks has been very [...]

Music has always been a big part of my life. I was in band all through school, went to college originally as a music major and worked as a church choir director for five years. So you can imagine that I was beyond excited to take Noah to his first real, live concert tonight. We [...]

We went to Lansing yesterday for the Senate Health Policy Committee meeting.  When we left, we had hopes that the committee would vote on the autism insurance reform bills (SB 414 and 415) to get them on the Senate floor for a vote.  Our hopes were quickly dashed when questions arose regarding a bill that [...]

I can’t believe that my little boy turned five. I’ve begged him, pleaded with him, but he did it anmyway. My baby is no longer a baby, no longer a toddler, but a kid! Noah had a good birthday weekend. We decided to forego the traditional birthday party in favor of doing a whole weekend [...]

It seems like from the moment the clock struck 12 midnight on January 1st 2012 everything just got moving. If I’m not busy at work I’m busy at home, or at Noah’s center.   In the last few weeks I was at an off site training for a week, then had to catch up on a week [...]

The giggling is incessant. For Noah, it blocks everything else out. He can’t hear us. It’s not a giggle of joy or amusement, at least not at anything that is tangible to us. It’s a manicy type of laugh that comes on for no apparent reason and lasts for about thirty minutes. Soon the behaviors [...]

About a week after the new year rang in it occurred to me.  My little boy is supposed to start kindergarten in the fall.  Somehow this had stayed off of my radar for the past few months.  I suppose this is a good thing, since even the mere thought of finding an appropriate environment to [...]