My Kid is a Damn Nutter

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Overall, I am so happy to hear this good report. A couple excerpts and comments.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

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Sorry, got a little maudlin there for a moment. It's been at the forefront of my mind recently because it's ARD/IEP season, which is to say, the meetings at the end of the school year to talk about each special ed student's progress and goals for the next year. This is the time when parents in denial have the school throw the facts in their face, and parents who aren't in denial get told that, sorry, the school doesn't have any money to help them anyway.

Yes, that season again. Maybe I just don't get out and mingle with the other parents like you do, but I never really got to see the reactions of the other parents, or I just didn't notice them. Although, upon reflection, I can see (now) a lot of what you describe in Tink's actions when it comes to parent-teacher conferences/interactions/meetings. Some people just don't take adverse news well.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

The little boy I babysit after therapy ...snip...Then she sadly admitted to me that she does think maybe she's seen Minifobette surpass her son in skills this last year (Oh? You think? My daughter who has normal conversations and real friends and hasn't had diarrhea in over a year?) And when she pushed me hard for details about our ARD,

nosy? or just comparing notes? This woman is a frustrating and annoying puzzle to me. It's like she recognizes the magnitude of her problem and the corresponding responsibility she has and upon realizing it, runs screaming (back) into unreality. A tv show? orly?

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I had to admit that, yes, they have every expectation that Minifobette will be fully mainstreamed with no aide.... and then she changed the subject and excitedly told me about this "really fantastic" new TV show called "Touch" which presents the main character's autism as a genuinely supernatural power and implies that he is here to carry out a spiritual mission. Right... let me know when the TV show glorifying schizoprenia comes on.
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ANYWAY. Yes, Minifobette's kicking it.

I love this (unboldable) part of your response to her. What a maroon, and what restraint on your part. I wonder what happened in that blank... eyerolling? big sigh? counting to ten? a hundred? Regardless--High five!

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It became clear that while the supplemental formula he was on was great for his digestion, the artifical sugars were affecting him neurologically, and given the choice I would clearly rather have his brain and work on his gut instead of the other way around.

good choice, I would make the same choice, I'm glad together you were able to take your "five steps".

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

The school ran a full barrage of third-party evaluations on him to see how things stand (they were required by a complicated mandate to do so, otherwise they wouldn't bother,) and the results were interesting.

been there, done that, keep up the good work sister.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

He still struggles with speech because, as the evaluator wrote, "the oral motor faculties aren't able to perform at the speed at which his thought processes are moving."

I totally know how he feels, this happens to me all the time.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

So hopefully by then I can post some pretty pictures of their lesion-free, pink, round, healthy small intestines.

Pics or it didn't happen. Actually, pics of giant ringlets would be even more welcome, if you're amenable.