Related to the recent diabetes diagnosis, we are having to do a bunch of other referral appointments for Luke. This past week was an eye exam. It turns out he’s nearsighted. The optometrist asked if he’d wear glasses, to which Cathy replied, “Probably not.” So the doctor said, “Well if you have to have an […]
Cathy and I know not to take a sip from Kate’s cup. Or cups, she tends to have two at once going for meals these days. And of course, Cathy figured it out before I did. “She spits in them.” “That’s just backwash,” I said. “Everybody does it.” “No, it’s spit. Watch her.” So I […]
Luke has been prediabetic for years, but his doc has recently dropped the “pre.” He got a referral yesterday to go see a psychologist to discuss why he eats so much. “I could tell them why,” Cathy said. “Because he doesn’t give a $hi+!”
Cathy and I have been struggling to come up with meals during the Great Lent fast. Since we have way more chickens than I ever thought we would, our priest has allowed the Aut Fam eggs year round. (We give a lot of them to church members, but not during Lent or the 40 days […]
I wrote about Kate’s screen door undoings last week. So with balanced fairness I’m turning this entry to something Luke undoes regularly. With both rolls of plastic wrap and aluminum foil, as soon as we bring them into the kitchen (and once he has had a chance to be alone with them), Luke removes the […]
Here comes flying bug season again, and I’m looking forward to it less than ever. We have two screen doors, but they don’t work. The reason they don’t is because I’ve given up repairing them. Unlike the soap dish victory I wrote about a few weeks ago, the screens have been a Kate victory. At […]
Soon after the chickens and even before the goats, we started having rats on Autism Hill. Early on they were content enough to make their places about the coops and shed, but from time to time, one or more have decided to become indoor rats. Cathy and I have had several problems with this, especially […]
The events in this post happened almost six years ago. Although I knew as they were happening it was going to be a funny story later, I haven’t gotten around to writing it until now. And it’s not because I was waiting for it to seem funny. In October of 2018, Luke was hospitalized for […]
It doesn’t happen often, but more than Cathy or I would be comfortable admitting: we walk out of a store to find something in Kate’s hand or Luke’s pocket that we didn’t pay for. Their shoplifting has always existed at a fairly constant rate. The only reasons it seems worse now are that they are […]
You would think anybody would know how to eat a hamburger, even someone with autism. But no. Brace yourself for this: both Luke and Kate eat them vertically rather than horizontally. That is down from the top, and not counting the bun (or even eating it, in Kate’s case). Kate eats only the meat, and […]
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