Kindergarten
Count down to Kindergarten has already begun to consume every thought in my day. In exactly 7 months, Daniel will be enrolled in Kindergarten and thus will begin his real struggle for a good education. In June, he will turn 5. When he first was diagnosed in May 2010, I held on to the belief that he would follow my subconscious timeline of development. The diagnosis was all new to me and I was still, and am still, learning about what it means to be an autistic person. Everyday is a different day and despite consistency, I'm always surprised about how a day ends for him. Then I look back to the previous year to see how we, as a family, have changed. 2012 brought about another heartache, 2 in fact. Chloe was also diagnosed in April with PDD-NOS and in October, after 8 years, I lost my job. I don't know which blow was worse. So now here I am with a full plate and trying desperately to sort things out. I'm faced with how to manage a household on unemployment and no