june 22

The last schoolday with lessons and/or tests!

That means a new time with turbulence and energyshocks, as a new routine sets in.
Children with autism disorder have a difficult time adjusting, which means moaning, behaviour problems, meltdowns.
One more, one less, but it comes down to a firm truth:

They just can't deal with things changing.

I have 4 kids with autism spectrum disorder.

2 in a very bad way. They have little social, offline ,contact, no other interest than the computer.
They're happy when they can play games and chat with their friends.

Another 1 has to deal with his ADHD, he can do it best when being on the computer, listening some music, reading, chatting with friends. He also likes aikido. He loves almost everything japanese.
He is accepted by his teacher to do other kids of japanese sports during the vacation. Now he needs a white coat... like for judo.

And another one loves to skateboard. He wants to become a photographer and videomaker.
he's on the computer a lot, making videos from what he has filmed on the streets.

Now the vacation start they all express their wishes:
New things for their room, and a new computer.

Well.. they're right a bit. Their computers are old and some of them on the verge of giving up.

So I've started sponsored blogging, maybe I can work a bit of money together to realise a bit of their dreams.
If I ever get a new computer for one...I'm in deep problems, as the others would one too. But we'll see what happened then.

Some people say I have to spend vacationmoney on that.
Well, if we had some left, we would.

But these children need lots of money during the year, they're less carefull with their clothes, shoes, bycicles, schoolbooks than other kids their age. And they need therapy that is not always in the insurance.

Apart from the boys, we have 2 girls.
Living with 4 brothers on the spectrum is not easy.
They always have to take into account that they better not disturb their brothers.
Like me they feel like tiptoeing through life often.
It's why we started bagpiping.. to have a life of our own.

I feel a bad parent as I can't always reward them the way I want.
They deserve yp travel... to scotland or somewhere else. To see people of different cultures, to learn the languages better, to have the experiences kids their age have. They're 11 now.

Well, I haven't been on vacation for 21 years now... after my eldest was born I never had the chance anymore.

At them moment I enter every contest there is. Maybe I win a vacation for us three...

Maybe sponsored blogging helps out.

Thanks Don for helping this realise dollar by dollar...