Saturday, June 7, 2008

Can I do this?

Laura's last day of school was Wednesday, and as is my common mantra, "They don't pay school teachers enough." How do you keep a hormonally active, sleep deprived, energy charged autistic 19 year old busy? For three months??! One idea I had today was to get her a gmail address, and give her an assignment to write e-mails to her sibs, one a day. So get ready for some interesting correspondence. She also has a check list of "get ready for the day" type stuff, and we are planning an activity every week. Plus there's Morgan, good old Morgan, what would I do without her, who comes twice a week and keeps Laura busy, challenges her, teaches her how to follow a recipe or instructions on a box, takes her to riding lessons, takes her for bike rides, etc. Laura is struggling right now, too, because she has had a medication change, plus we have added a new one, called "Period Pills." She only has to deal with the dreaded periods once every three months now. It's been just one week, and it's not been too bad for her so far. She's been a little emotional, but it's been appropriate, and it hasn't been prolonged. Wish me luck. Wish her luck. Wish everyone luck!

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