Re: catch-up...again (long, as usual)

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In a message dated 2/28/02 6:05:32 AM Pacific Standard Time,

bedells@... writes:

<< nd here's one n ne has mentined yet: bright

light. Is anyone else light sensitive? >>

Yes!!!!

I am totally inept in bright light.

kandie

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Sounds as if you're doing well with Nicky. I am taking a class April 6th for

Special Education Advocacy. If you like I'll share what I learn

G

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> << nd here's one n ne has mentined yet: bright

> light. Is anyone else light sensitive? >>

>

Incredible piercing head pain. Yup.

Jacquie

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Re: light sensitivities

I have often said that I must be part vampire cause I

get an instant headache in sunlight!

Wierd!!!!!!!

Tamara

--- silvershadowleaf wrote:

> Okay, I actually have a few free minutes! (as long

> as I ignore the

> fact that I have a 30lb 2 yo hanging down my back,

> arms tightly

> around my throat)

>

> , welcome. You'll like it here. Hello to

> anyone else new that

> I missed, as well.

>

> Amy, I'm very glad Kep wasn't badly hurt. I freeze

> at the sight of

> lots of blood. It takes me only a matter of seconds

> to unfreeze, but

> I'm glad none of my kids have ever needed any split

> second help when

> they bled profusely. Robby broke his nose once; he

> was covered. My

> husband had him in the bathtub to find where the

> blood was coming

> from before I could get myself out of the doorway.

>

> I know I have sensory issues. I HATE shoes. The

> only pair I wear

> out regularly is a pair of very loose clogs, when I

> absolutely have

> to wear shoes at all. I never wear socks. Even

> light make-up makes

> me want to take a chisel to my face to get it off.

> I can't stand

> wearing turtlenecks. The mst painful sound, to me,

> is metal scraping

> on cement. I have to go inside whenever someone is

> shovelling stuff

> off their driveway. And here's one n ne has

> mentined yet: bright

> light. Is anyone else light sensitive? I HAVE to

> wear sunglasses

> when I go outside, and I have truble driving on wet

> nights because

> the lights reflecting off the wet roads are a little

> confusing.

>

> , I can totally empathize with your feelings

> about and

> school. Nicky starts in October, and I am

> TERRIFIED. My first

> meeting with school people is in April. What's

> worse, I found out

> recently that the county I live in (Lee) is notrious

> for being the

> worst in the state when it comes to services for

> special needs kids.

> I wish we got someone assigned to us as an advocate.

> Here, if you

> can afford to, you hire an attorney. If you can't

> afford that, you

> either take what you can get or move somewhere else.

>

> Speaking of getting services, I finally got SLT, PT,

> and OT for

> Nicky! He now gets a 1 hour a week of each through

> EIP, plus the ABA

> we are paying for. He will receive this until he

> starts school.

> Then, who knows. We probably wouldn't have gotten

> that much, but

> Nicky's case manager's son was recently dx " special

> needs " . I'm not

> sure what kind of special needs, but evidently it

> was enoough to make

> her more sympathetic to the plight of her clients.

>

> In terms of stuff we can do about the upcoming

> school situation and

> IEP<shudders at the thought>, I may have an ace up

> my sleeve. My step

> mother is an attorney in the state attorney's

> office, and although

> she has no time or experience in

> disability/education rights, she

> knows some people who do. We're hoping she can call

> in some favors

> and find someone who will advocate for us either on

> an installment

> plan, or contingent to the school system, county or

> state paying

> their fee. This isn't assured by a LONG shot,

> though, so I am still

> very worried (okay, I am very scared). Nicky has

> come such a long

> way since he was first dx. I don't want to see him

> loose that

> because the school system doesn't want to do their

> part. That would

> tear me apart.

>

> Depression? Yup, although right now it's more of an

> anxiety/panic

> problem. However in my spare moments (like any of

> us have alot of

> those!) I usually find time for some numbing,

> hopeless, no-tears-

> left, clinical depression. I'm beginning to think

> that if I were to

> find a time when I wasn't worrying, feeling guilty,

> depressed, or

> panicking, that I simply wouldn't exist at all.

>

> Oh well, thanks for listening

>

> B

>

>

>

>

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>Re: light sensitivities

>I have often said that I must be part vampire cause I

>get an instant headache in sunlight!

>Wierd!!!!!!!

Oh, definitely. Today was a bad migraine, the sun was just reflecting so

badly off of the snow! Ugh!

Amy H--in Michigan

Kepler 4 1/2 ASD and Bethany 6 NT

" Harmony breeds ignorance. It is the dissonant chords of life that lead us

to wisdom. " ~me

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>>>bright light. Is anyone else light sensitive?<<<

>>>Yes!!!! I am totally inept in bright light.<<<<

Me too. I have to wear sunglasses. I buy sunglasses

5 or 6 pairs at a time. I have sunglasses in my purse,

in the pockets of all my coats, in the car ...

Tuna

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own, he has attained the highest state of spiritual union.

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I would love that!

Thanks

B

>

>

> Sounds as if you're doing well with Nicky. I am taking a class

April 6th for

> Special Education Advocacy. If you like I'll share what I learn

>

> G

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B.,

Congratulations on the services for Nicky!

Sue

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