Posted by Barely Knit Together on Dec 8, 2008 in
Mental Stability
I am afflicted. I suffer from an assortment of letters that include: ACDBPODDD. In no particular order. I’m sure if I was feeling attentive or ambitious I could cobble together a word from all those letters, but I think there are too many disorders and not enough vowels. If I include those maladies belonging to [...]
Tags: add, adhd, borderline personality disorder, depression, mental illness, ocd, tourette's syndrome
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Oct 29, 2008 in
Autism,
Motherhood
“Artistic? He’s artistic? Well, I guess he gets that from you.”
“No, Mom. I said autistic – they told us he’s autistic. And he has ADHD, but I guess we already knew that.”
“Oh. What, because he has tantrums? He’ll grow out of it, you’ll see. Your brother was like that, he would hold his breath until [...]
Tags: add, adhd, asperger's, Autism, autism spectrum disorder, children, high needs, Motherhood, obsessive, parenting, special needs, spirited, tantrums, temper tantrums