Two and half hours every day.  That is what we must accomplish here on the island.  My seven year old requires, like many Aspies with SPD, a great deal of work be done either with his cooperation or without it.  On the island, I have power…I can control the environment and there is a pretty good likelihood that he will be able to MAKE PROGRESS.  But the island isn’t really where it counts, is it?

Do you find yourself, when out in the world, thinking “if I were in charge, things would be DIFFERENT” thoughts all the time, wishing that they would just please not play pounding rock music at Taekwondo practice, wishing the choir director would PLEASE control the children and stop talking instead of rehearsing, wishing the lunchroom smelled more like food and less like, well, what IS that smell in elementary school cafeterias?  Do you wish that museums had quiet days, parks had parents who supervised their NT children like you have to supervise yours, babysitters who do not need to be paid hazard pay to safely allow you to do only NECESSARY things because you can’t afford adult recreation or free time?  I wish things like that constantly.

Then I come home to the island and we work some more. …continue reading