I’ve been in a bit of a brain fog lately. My oldest, L, is in school full time now as a third grader and it all feels mostly settled. I didn’t send my vaccination info to the school yet to be approved as a volunteer. I’m just waiting for a little bit later. I felt …
This is a quote I try to remember as I help Gavin become more independent. Sometimes I’m frustrated that he cannot learn most things on his own. He needs to trust us completely and it takes the smallest of baby steps for him to reach each goal, and that is okay. “Children don’t learn independence. …
I read Temple Grandin’s book in April of 2018. It feels like yesterday but it has really been so long now. I took many screenshots of parts of the books I wanted to remember. I discovered many things that G may be feeling. Here I am posting some of the parts I wanted to share …
Spelling a word involves the retrieval of information about the word’s letters and their order from long-term memory as well as the maintenance and processing of this information by working memory in preparation for serial production by the motor system People with working memory issues know how to spell words but they have trouble choosing …
It’s been a long six years on the road of autism management: all the worry and research, good days and bad days, therapist after therapist, drive after drive, french fry after french fry, and having so many ideas and information but not having real life-changing answers. I did a DNA test for Gavin in June …
My youngest son is six years old, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, with sensory processing disorder. He loves riding in the car, more than most things, and we often go to a park every single day, rain or shine. I have been to a ton of places, and realized one day that I should put …
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I haven’t posted in a long time. I have a lot of unpublished drafts that never made it to the finish line! I guess for the past months, since late fall really, we have been home a lot more and at times that was stressful. G loved going to the park almost everyday and we …
We used to live in a world where we ate according to what was available during the seasons in the region where we lived. We preserved food in order to not die of starvation and ate a variety of foods that some kids (and adults) would not imagine eating today. (Liver and onions, anyone? No? …
G has a scoop of protein powder in his food once a day. I keep thinking – what exactly is in it, and could it be better? And in fact, all of us in the family should have this powder daily. So I am making this post to finally dive in. First I am going …
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Mediterranean countries account for approximately 70% of all global olive oil (OO) production, which is mainly undertaken by Spain, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Morocco, and Tunisia [1]. Not only have the beneficial effects of OO (Olea europaea L.) been evaluated in the context of the so-called Mediterranean diet [2] but also due to its largely recognized …