Hello and welcome to AspieMom.com. I am the proud mother of a ten year old daughter who was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in 2006. I love to talk to others who have Aspie children. I feel it is important to learn all we can not only so we can cope as parents but so we can help the kids cope as well.
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Written by Jill on July 20, 2008 – 8:59 am -Wow, you probably thought I fell off the face of the earth huh? I can’t believe I haven’t posted for three months. Truth is, I have just been really busy and really haven’t been online that much. My job is very exhausting so when I am actually home, I’m just too tired to do much of anything. It is almost a work-related depression in a way too. I refuse to see anyone about it though because I know what the cause is. I just can’t do much about it until I find a better job.
Kiddo is doing well. She has a friend she plays with across the street from time to time. We are still homeschooling as well. We will be starting up the next year very soon. The first year of homeschooling was kind of an experiment in a way. We really had to just get a feel for what we needed to do and how to go about it. This year should be much easier to figure out. We are going to be doing some workbooks just like last year but we are also implementing an online learning program as well. When I get time, I want to sit down and write down ideas for what I want to touch on this year.
History is always my biggest weakness so that is what I have the hardest time with when putting a plan together. We will be studying Abraham Lincoln this year though. Through some research, my aunt has discovered that we could possibly be related to him and that, of course, has sparked a lot of interest in learning more about him so I plan on making a big study unit out of that.
There are also a few more things I want to make units out of and that would be a few things that Kiddo has huge fears about. This will only be done if she is willing though. I’m not going to push it on her but I want to see if I can help her with these fears. One of them is bees. She is literally petrified of bees. If she learns more about them, maybe they won’t be so scary to her. Or maybe they will… I don’t know. Tornadoes and volcanoes are another one. She can’t watch anything on tv about them without going off the deep end about it. We’ll see. I would love to do a unit on the Titanic but I don’t think that one will happen. She used to love the movie (by James Cameron) but somewhere along the line, it scared her and she started having nightmares so I don’t think we will be able to do that one.
I hope to plan some good field trips too this year. It is hard with my work schedule though. I just want this year to be fun. 
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