Visited the American Indian Museum today.

That place has the best public bathrooms in Lower Manhattan. And it's all free :) (Take that, stupid "I'll grumble over a $2 museum pen" guy! Don't like it? Don't buy it.)

Apparently, I can play the panpipes. I swear, I had no clue.

Mind, I don't play well, but given that I've never touched one before today, that's hardly surprising.

I wonder what other instruments I'm capable of playing sans training. The harp? The violin? Bagpipes, accordian, flugelhorn? An inquiring mind wants to know!

(Be warned, I hate sharing, even with Ana, who's getting quite competent at guessing what a song is without hearing the words.)

My mom's already in California, visiting Bonne-Maman.

Jenn and the baby and Ana are going to meet up with her this weekend. Ana'll come back after Jenn does, with her Nanen (my mom).

So, we've explained this to Ana a few times, how she's going on an airplane to see Nanen and Bonne-Maman, and Mommy will go with her, and on and on.

Yesterday, I made the mistake of saying "Bonne-Maman and Bon-Papa" (my grandfather is dead) before I corrected myself, saying "Oh, no, I'm sorry, Bon-Papa, your Nanen's daddy, isn't there anymore."

Cue today's conversation with Nanen and Bonne-Maman... ( Read more... )

It doesn't seem like much, but I swear, she could not have had this conversation a few months ago. She would have talked to Bonne-Maman about how she was going on a plane, but she would not have said "coming to see you" (even though she had that pronoun down pat, we never used the "Connie's going to speak in the third person, okay Ana" thing going on). She would not have spoken about Bon-Papa, and if she had, she would have repeated what I'd said, not given two new constructions to say the same thing. ("He doesn't live at Bonne-Maman's house" isn't at all the same as "He's not there right now", anyway - it's a leap to a conclusion.) I don't know if she could've thought it, but she certainly could not have said it.

It's the little things, really. (Like the fact that the baby is now a proficient crawler. Holy crap, when the fuck did this happen? I am *so* not ready for this.

More Ana-cdotes...

( I told Ana recently that not all children have mama's milk.... )

Okay, that's the only one for now. More later.

OH MY FUCKING GOD I HATE HUMANITY AND... AND...!!!!!

Same guy as wrote the last two editorials about that poor little girl... "Before you judge her mother, go watch the Autism Every Day video!!!"

( Read more... )

Some links regarding that video...

One about unresponsiveness

Okay, I can't find my other links, but I'm sure people will rush to the cause to help me.

You know what the first article I read about Katherine McCallon said? It said that the day she was murdered by her mother, she had been "very stimmy" and wouldn't take a nap.

Basically, all in a day's work for a three year old, diagnosed or not.

Think about that.

On the plus side, there seem to be many people condemning the media....

That's got to be good, right? Can't fool everyone, right?

If she ends up serving no time (not counting time prior to trial), can we sue Autism Speaks for their role in educating prejudicing the jury?

You know who really has to live with autism every day? Autistic people. Read the whole thing before commenting back, if you do, 'k?

Did you know that the Bronx Zoo is pay-by-donation on Wednesdays?

All day Wednesdays....

It's a very big zoo. I guess it'd take a long time to see every exhibit....

*shrugs* It's also a very long trip.