Should You Try Homeschooling?

Let’s face it, school can be really tough for many autistic kids and as their parents it can feel like an exhausting never-ending struggle to get them what they need.

If this sounds familiar then at some point you’ve probably wondered whether homeschool might be a better option... and then you hid under the bed because the thought of being wholly responsible for your kids’ education is scary as hell.

Congratulations, It's a Blog!

The good thing about insomnia is you get stuff done.

Yep, I've finally set up my homeschooling blog!
Cue the trumpets and alert the dancing girls.

So if homeschooling's your thing or you want to make it your thing or even if you've just flirted with it across a crowded room, come on over and check it out at...

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What does it mean? Well you'll have to go look :)

And unlike this blog, I have comments over there! So please drop by and say hi. Autism is something that I've been doing so long I can talk about it in my sleep (if I ever actually slept),
but homeschooling is new and scary for me. Wanna do new and scary stuff together?

What's The Haps, Chaps

Wow, is it May already?  Here's a round-up of what's been happening lately...

Bye Bye School... And Thanks For All The Fish

Today is the last day of school for my kids. Ever.

They're not graduating, just exhausted (me too). So we’re done.

Done with coming home with injuries.
Done with explaining why group projects are difficult.
Done with lonely lunch hours sitting on the periphery.
Done with being responsible for teacher education.
Done with ‘but he seems high functioning’.
Done with the focus on surviving instead of learning.
Done with trying to fit into a system made for someone else.

And it feels fricken fantastic.

But wait... what's that? The clock counting down my last minutes of freedom for THE NEXT SIX YEARS.  Holy mother of lard. What am I getting myself into? And why the hell am I wasting those minutes sitting at the computer? I need to use this time more wisely...

{Checks nobody is watching}

{Runs around house in underwear}

{Eats the rest of the kids' Christmas chocolate}

{Sings Kung Fu Fighting on Lego Rock Band. Twice.}

Okay.  Now we're done.