Living Arrangements
Personal Space Conflict and Strategies for ASD Children and their Siblings
The greatest conflict in our home was our ASD son's invasion of personal and physical spaces of his siblings and parents. He either invaded the personal space surrounding his siblings or he violated their rooms to take things that did not belong to him. He clearly knew he should not do this because when he hid them in his room, he hid them incredibly well. Thus, I learned how to become a master sleuth.
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Developing independence
When our high-functioning ASD son was 16, we realized that we needed to begin to support him for adulthood and needed to provide him opporunities for independence. Given that our home was tucked back on a private road shared by 7 homes, we were comfortable with his being alone for short periods of time (up to one hour). Our goal for our son since he was about 14 was to help him develop living and vocational skills towards his future indepenence.
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Thanksgiving
My daughter came home for the holiday from her group home. She was in good spirits. I swear she has grown a foot in the last year. When I went to pick her up I noticed that there is another bed in her bedroom. Obviously she has gained a roomate and no one has informed me of this change. This bothers me somewhat. I think more that I was not notified more than her sharing a room. She has never shared a room before. The house had told me that her sleeping has been a bit off. She also has had med changes in the last few weeks and that was my assumption for the sleep issues.
SELF-ABSORPTION
It's been a while since I posted anything anywhere. Life's been even more crazy than usual. I posted this to my public blog, and thought I'd cross-post here.
It’s times like these that I always default to the plaintive cry of Rodney King: “Can we all just get along?”
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Audio
Maverick Mama May 2010 Program (in three parts)
Originally Aired Fri, 05/07/2010 - 9:45pmThis is a show about fair housing for the disabled. It is in three files. The first is an introduction by Maverick Mama Barbara Fischkin. The second is a speech on fair housing -delivered at a luncheon at the Bronx Zoo in New York on Tuesday April 27, 2010 by Bryon Greene. General Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at a conference hosted by the New York State Division of Human Rights.
Maverick Mama February Show
Originally Aired Fri, 02/05/2010 - 9:45pmThe Group Home Chronicles Continue: Dan Mulvaney Moves Into A Great -- and Permanent-- Group Home. His mother celebrates!
