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Danette Patient Expert

., Georgia
I'm a mom of three boys on the autism spectrum 7-yr-old id twins and their 4-yr-old little brother and wife to my dh of 15 yrs who is a SAHD. My blog is where I share our story, as well as topics relating to autism awareness & acceptance, twins, the silliness three little boys can get into,... Full Bio
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So aware, we're UNaware by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Have you ever seen the movie, "The Three Amigos"? It's a *really* cheesy movie from back in the 80's, and there's a scene where the amigos say something along the lines of ... Read on »
Special Olympics ~ Basketball by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Little Bitty's class gets to participate in various Special Olympics events during the year... a couple of weeks ago was the first one of the school year - basketball :). ... Read on »
Creeeeper and aliens by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Quick update on our Halloween Bitty wanted to be a Minecraft creeper so I resized Cuddlebug's costume from last year Bearhug and Cuddlebug didn't want to wear a ... Read on »
Little Bitty Director by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I shared previously some of Bitty's work creating short movies with series' of still-shots of his trains. He has since moved on to borrowing my camcorder (and ... Read on »
A Close Shave by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Bitty acting out a scene from " A Close for Duck " (from Thomas, of course), with a bubble beard :). His favorite episodes are the ones with crashes (of cours ... Read on »
Handsome x3 by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum We got the boys some new dress clothes for church :). When Cuddlebug and Bearhug were little, we had a hard time getting them to wear anything other than thei ... Read on »
Splash pad! by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum A little water-fun downtime after the first week of school. Those smiles say it all, right? Bearhug as zombie. Be afraid... be very afraid! ... Read on »
Leavin' on a jet plane... by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum This summer I took Bearhug and Cuddlebug on a trip to visit family. Bitty and dh stayed home, mostly because we're not quite ready to try air travel with Bitty just yet. ... Read on »
Sensory coping success by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The slightest hint of a popping sound in the distance. The sight of them boxed up at those tents that start springing up about a month in advance. Even a mentio ... Read on »
Chicken by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Painting by Little Bitty. I LOVE it :) Read on »
Two weeks in... by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum School started two weeks ago. First day of 2nd grade First day of 6th grade (middle school!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two weeks in, we are ... Read on »
Where did THAT come from?! by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum So thankfully it's been a while since bathtime was a full-on battle . Which is why I was totally surprised the other day when I went to give Bitty his bath only to ... Read on »
My sweet baby by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Impromptu photo session in the front yard. He humored me to a point, and then he went back inside to play. Read on »
Birthday party landmines by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Bitty was invited to a birthday party a couple of months ago. He's not a big fan of birthday parties even though I have taken him to a few (he gets a fair amount of invi ... Read on »
June, in pictures by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Aside from Cuddlebug and Bearhug's birthday , here's a recap of what we did in June. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dh and I celebrated our 19th anniversary last month. We to ... Read on »
May, in pictures by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Catching up, wanted to share some of what we did in May (separate post coming soon for June). Little Bitty's class participated in Special Olympics soccer. I was ... Read on »
In his own words by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum "i like thomas and freinds and i like spongebob i have thomas toys i also like angry birds" ~ found on Bitty's "user information" on the flipnote website. Too cute ( ... Read on »
Overheard... by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Various conversations and comments from the last couple of weeks ~~~~~~~~~~~ Cuddlebug (reading billboard): 'Red Bull gives you wings'... I wish that was true, ... Read on »
Biology, according to Bitty by Danette Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Bitty often asks me out of the blue what certain words mean. Because of his language difficulties, he doesn't always pick up on "context clues" and he has a strong prefe ... Read on »