Archives for September 2018

~~ Clearly Muddled Blog ~~ Get a job, Sha, na, na, na, sha, na, na, na, na! The Silhouettes sang that song all the way to number one in 1958, and today it’s music to my ears. Autism may have slowed the progress, but Josh is ready to work, and

~~Clearly Muddled Blog~~ Autism effects social interaction. It effects communication. It effects the ability to read non-verbal ques. Asking a person on the autism spectrum to speak and respond to a room full of people seems unlikely, but that’s exactly what Josh has done. Boom! A few days ago, I

~ Clearly Muddled Blog~ Sometimes, right in the middle of Josh plugging along in the right direction, he puts on the brakes, and stops…for no apparent reason.  It seems to come out of nowhere, with no sign that the forward momentum was coming to an abrupt, screeching halt. He shuts

~Clearly Muddled Blog~ The focus on autism tends to be about hardships. Often, it’s about what a person on the spectrum has difficulty with, and what types of adaptations have been found to help. Those things are necessary, and are part of paving the way, but they’re designed to help