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Dawn Neufeld
- Jan 29, 2019
- 3 min
Shen Yun... Some Thoughts
Will doesn't ask for much. But every Christmas, he asks for tickets to see Shen Yun and it's become a bit of a tradition. You've probably seen the commercials, or maybe the billboards, for the performing arts company. They extensively market the show. I even saw them selling tickets at our city's tree lighting this year (I'd already gotten our tickets). I understand why Will loves the show. It's stimulation overload. There's an orchestra, delicate-yet-dynamic dancers in beau
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Dawn Neufeld
- Jul 6, 2018
- 1 min
There's Always Hope
The last time we attended a 4th of July cookout was years ago. Will decided to throw a decorative planter into the pool and it broke into pieces and left the bottom of the pool littered with dirt. We were mortified - this is exactly why we so often self-isolated. We didn't want to be "those people" with the "bad kid" who ruined the party. Luckily our friends were amazing and understanding. But still... it took us a while to feel comfortable accepting another invitation. We ha
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Dawn Neufeld
- Jan 16, 2018
- 4 min
Shen Yun with a Side of Autism
Happy new year friends! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season! We're now fifteen days into the new year and I never really haven't set time aside to come up with goals for 2018. I have some general ideas of things I'd like to accomplish in the new year though, like learning and practicing mindfulness and being present in the moment. I've already had some practice. There's something you need to know about autism moms. When planning even the shortest of outings with our kid
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Dawn Neufeld
- Apr 8, 2017
- 2 min
Autism With a Whole Lot of Awareness
Seeing that it's autism awareness month and all, I feel compelled to share this with the hope that it will help someone else. We had a meeting today at Will's school about whether or not he should attend ESY (which is basically summer school to make sure our kiddos don't regress. Will has gone every year since we've lived in Frisco. Early in the meeting we discussed our ultimate goal - that Will attend Gen Ed classes. We were able to mainstream him in a couple classes in elem
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