by Kim Kizito | Oct 6, 2020 | Autistic Teenager
.If this is your first time reading one of my blogs, I’m Kim Kizito. Wife, Mom, believer, and overall hot mess. I’m an IEP Strategist which means I help parents advocate for their special needs kids in the schools. I have 2 kids with special needs. The 7...
by Kim Kizito | Sep 26, 2020 | Covid 19, School, Special Needs and Covid 19
My high schooler “T” was accepted into a program at our local university. Nice coup! I subscribe to all kinds of emails and facebook groups on the topics of autism and special needs kids etc. I came across this opportunity on one of them and looked it up....
by Kim Kizito | Sep 16, 2020 | Covid 19, School, Special Needs and Covid 19, Uncategorized
We are not ok. T has a test today in her Honors World History class. Her class starts at 7:25. At 7:20 she greets me with a hug and says she needs help with the study guide. Note the time. This might have been better question to ask me yesterday. Meanwhile, as a mom,...
by Kim Kizito | Sep 11, 2020 | Covid 19, School, Special Needs and Covid 19
“It has been a rough week. First, Monday was Labor day. Anytime there is a holiday on Monday, the rest of the week seems thrown off. And boy was it. I think there is something that everyone forgets when it comes to getting your kids acclimated back to school...
by Kim Kizito | Sep 8, 2020 | Covid 19, School, Special Needs and Covid 19
Online school day 9? Names have been changed to protect…ME. 1. My 14 year old (TheAutistic9thGrader) is up pretty early each day. I know this because by the time I get up, she has made several facebook posts. This is the second day in a row that she hasn’t made...
by Kim Kizito | Sep 7, 2020 | Covid 19, School, Special Needs and Covid 19
Both of my girls have been in online school now for at least a couple weeks (I’ve lost count). I feel compelled to write about their chronicles. And mine. First — The AutisticHighSchooler is in 9th grade. I’m slightly lucky in that, I don’t...
by Kim Kizito | Aug 20, 2020 | Covid 19, School, Special Needs and Covid 19
This week I realized that I don’t need to go upstairs to drag my 7 year old out of bed! Each kid has an Echo Dot in their bedroom. The older kid uses it for playing relaxing music before bed, asking Alexa the daily question then making everyone else feel...
by Kim Kizito | Aug 19, 2020 | Covid 19, School, Special Needs and Covid 19
So my kid started high school on Monday. We are 3 days in and the main thing I realize is that the stress I go through in the adjustment from summer to actual school is the same regardless of the fact that all she does is go into her room and log on to a computer....
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