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Category Archives: Special Needs

Posts about the autism spectrum, whether my son falls on it or not. Posts about speech and language delay. ASD in general. Special needs.

For those of you following the potty training saga, it’s not going so well recently. Somebody had to change his pants five times on Saturday. But, rather than get into the pee-stained details, I’d like to instead share a triumph.  Why a triumph?  Because the following means that Tucker not only understands what pooping is […]

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    Hi, friends!  Guess what?  Today’s post is over on Families in the Loop, a supercool online parenting publication.  They’re branching out and going nationwide and for some crazy reason, are allowing me to be a part of that.  I’m giddy like a tween going to her first Bieber concert, I tell ya! They […]

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I’ve recently been thinking about where I’m going with Finding Ninee.  I mean, I get that I’m writing for me and for Tucker and for the occasional parent who somehow accidentally stumbles her way here looking for commonality and community in an undiagnosed world. I started this blog specifically to connect with parents who are […]

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Each day, Tucker’s teacher sends home a written report about how he did in school.  It includes notes about new words, achievements, how much he ate and overall observations from the day.  On Friday, she wrote that Tucker was really excited to spend time with some of the older, more typical* kids but that when […]

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Peeing, pooping, potty and “please?” are today’s four P’s.  You thought I was going to give you a marketing lesson?  Nah, if you don’t know what those four P’s are, you probably don’t need to.  What you totally do need to know, however, is how Tucker’s ABA potty training is going!  At least, I think […]

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Hi friends!  I’m continually surprised by how many of you contact me privately and say that you wanted to comment on a Finding Ninee post but were intimidated to do so.  Let me reassure you from deep within my heart that there is no need for anybody to feel intimidated here, ever.  I don’t care […]

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