We are on the news tonight!!! Autism Awareness.

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http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/mother-writes-poem-to-her-autistic-son

The video is to the left hand side of the screen. The written article is to the right.

Our Pastor called this morning to tell me that church was cancelled. It was very slippery outside as the ground was covered with a mix of sleet and about 5 inches of snow. A couple minutes after he called to tell us that, Channel 22 news called us. Just for the heck of it yesterday I sent an email to all the news stations in our area to raise awareness about Autism Sunday which is February 14th. Here is a little more about that: http://www.bloggernews.net/123438 It is an international day of prayer for children with Autism.

I sent them copies of my Youtube videos and poems. This was just last night. I was thinking that nobody would get back to us, especially because they contain some religious content. I got a surprise this morning to awaken to DH saying "Honey news people are on the phone about your poetry". I was like "What?" They said they would like to come interview us and they would be here in one hour. Had to scramble to get the house presentable, get dressed, get E changed, print out my poems, some info on Autism, etc. I was so nervous. The man on the phone was very nice as was the reporter who came out here. I read my poems, talked about earlier diagnosis and Elijah not getting diagnosed until he was six years old, how we have to drive to Boston to get him the help he needs, etc.

They messed up some things in thier write up. Like E's last name, and the last couple sentences at the end they messed my words up.

Elijah had a pretty well behaved vacation, but Mommy sure will be happy when school is back in session tomorrow!!!! Well all except for Charlie who got himself suspended for 5 days the last day of school before vacation, so he has another week off. Charlie has been very hyper, mouthy, and annoying but has not had any more major incidences.

I was talking to DH earlier. I think one of the things I was meant to do was advocate and educate others about children with special needs through my poetry, etc.

Janice from MA

Me: Fibromyalgia, ADHD, PTSD, High Blood Pressure meds, magnesium, Vitamin D, Calcium supplements, Trazadone, Zoloft.

DH: BP, PTSD, 9 psych meds and diabetes med.

Mom to:

Elijah: age 7; counseling since age 3. DX: PDD-NOS, BP, GAD, ADHD, SPD, NLD, Receptive Expressive Language Disorder; Delays: Global Brain Based, Fine Motor,, Academic, Executive Functioning, Developmental Urinary and Fecal Incontinence daily. Meds: Abilify 15 mg, Clonidine .1 mg, Lithium Carbonate ER 450 mg am/300 pm, Tenex 2 mg; School: 1st grade~IEP~substantially seperate E/D SPED classroom, direct PT, OT,

S/I, Speech, and Counseling services, extended school year, full time 1:1 aid...

Charlie: stepson (DH and I got custody at age 10...) age 15 released from RTC on 6/26, voluntary DCF involvement; DX: Mood Disorder NOS, ADHD, ODD, Conduct Disorder, Complex Severe PTSD; Meds: None; School: Substantially Seperate classroom with a behavioral component and level system.

Natasia: age 10 w/o dx's. : age 13 w/o dx's.

Blog: "Wonders In The Night" about raising 2 special needs children. Private, but request an invite with your email address and I will send you one....

"Everything happens for a reason. God never gives us more than we can handle... I guess he thought highly of us to give us these special children." My faith keeps me going lots of days as I continue to search for the sunshine in our life full of thunderstorms.

"Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows" Chinese Fortune Cookie.

From: Janice <jcox_teacher@...>bprayer Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 4:50:04 PMSubject: We are on the news tonight!!! Autism Awareness.

Our Pastor called this morning to tell me that church was cancelled. It was very slippery outside as the ground was covered with a mix of sleet and about 5 inches of snow. A couple minutes after he called to tell us that, Channel 22 news called us. Just for the heck of it yesterday I sent an email to all the news stations in our area to raise awareness about Autism Sunday which is February 14th. Here is a little more about that: http://www.bloggernews.net/123438 It is an international day of prayer for children with Autism.

I sent them copies of my Youtube videos and poems. This was just last night. I was thinking that nobody would get back to us, especially because they contain some religious content. I got a surprise this morning to awaken to DH saying "Honey news people are on the phone about your poetry". I was like "What?" They said they would like to come interview us and they would be here in one hour. Had to scramble to get the house presentable, get dressed, get E changed, print out my poems, some info on Autism, etc. I was so nervous. The man on the phone was very nice as was the reporter who came out here. I read my poems, talked about earlier diagnosis and Elijah not getting diagnosed until he was six years old, how we have to drive to Boston to

get him the help he needs, etc. It is going to be on the news tonight at six. Here is the write up they did about it for their website:

http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/mother-writes-poem-to-her-autistic-son

They messed up some things. Like E's last name, and the last couple sentences at the end they messed my words up.

I also sent the video links to the pastor at our church and he is reading them over and over again trying to get a better understanding of Elijah. I am going to record the news tonight with our VCR and on my video recorder of my phone. We have a big HDTV in our room so that should work out okay. Can attachments come through on here? I would like to share it with everyone if that is possible...

Elijah had a pretty well behaved vacation, but Mommy sure will be happy when school is back in session tomorrow!!!! Well all except for Charlie who got himself suspended for 5 days the last day of school before vacation, so he has another week off. Charlie has been very hyper, mouthy, and annoying but has not had any more major incidences. DH has been doing pretty well too.

I was talking to DH earlier. I think one of the things I was meant to do was advocate and educate others about children with special needs through my poetry, etc.

Janice from MA

Me: Fibromyalgia, ADHD, PTSD, High Blood Pressure meds, magnesium, Vitamin D, Calcium supplements, Trazadone, Zoloft.

DH: BP, PTSD, 9 psych meds and diabetes med.

Mom to:

Elijah: age 7; counseling since age 3. DX: PDD-NOS, BP, GAD, ADHD, SPD, NLD, Receptive Expressive Language Disorder; Delays: Global Brain Based, Fine Motor,, Academic, Executive Functioning, Developmental Urinary and Fecal Incontinence daily. Meds: Abilify 15 mg, Clonidine .1 mg, Lithium Carbonate ER 450 mg am/300 pm, Tenex 2 mg; School: 1st grade~IEP~substantially seperate E/D SPED classroom, direct PT, OT, S/I, Speech, and Counseling services, extended

school year, full time 1:1 aid...

Charlie: stepson (DH and I got custody at age 10...) age 15 released from RTC on 6/26, voluntary DCF involvement; DX: Mood Disorder NOS, ADHD, ODD, Conduct Disorder, Complex Severe PTSD; Meds: None; School: Substantially Seperate classroom with a behavioral component and level system.

Natasia: age 10 w/o dx's. : age 13 w/o dx's.

Blog: "Wonders In The Night" about raising 2 special needs children. Private, but request an invite with your email address and I will send you one....

"Everything happens for a reason. God never gives us more than we can handle... I guess he thought highly of us to give us these special children." My faith keeps me going lots of days as I continue to search for the sunshine in our life full of thunderstorms.

"Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows" Chinese Fortune Cookie.