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  • Meet Sawyer

    Meet Sawyer

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    Brittany Dawson
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    Since this is a new blog, I thought it would be a great time to reintroduce my “sonshine”, Sawyer! Sawyer is 12 years old and in the 7th grade. Sawyer absolutely loves Roblox, and thinks McDonalds’ chicken nuggets are “bussin’”! Sawyer loves playing basketball with his friends, drawing and creating games on his phone, and…

  • Sharing and Oversharing About Our Life with Autism

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    Brittany Dawson
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    I have been asked several times since starting this blog if I am worried that I’m sharing too much about Sawyer, or our life as a family. And honestly, sometimes I do worry about that. But the goal of this blog has and will always be to share our experiences as an autism family as…

  • Choose Your Battles

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    Brittany Dawson
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    As parents, we are often told “choose your battles”, which is a way of telling us to think about which battles are worth the fight.

  • “It’s Just What I Do”

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    Brittany Dawson
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    Sawyer has developed a new “tic”, or stim. He kind of “chews” or smacks his lips a little on the left side now, and that’s new. I asked him why he does that, and replied “Um, I don’t know. It’s just what I do.”

  • Overstimulated

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    Brittany Dawson
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    I’ve written before about how overstimulating certain scenarios and situations can be for Sawyer. Sporting events, especially, can be triggering for him because of all the sights, sounds, and smells he experiences when we’re at a game; basketball games are especially hard for him because of the echo in a gymnasium. This weekend, we went…