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Continue reading →: “We are free to freely dearly walk outside”
One evening, I was babysitting Cald, which isn’t the easiest job in the world. His constant need for food and him constantly falling on top of you so you’ll take him for a walk(big foreshadow) can get irritating. Since he loves to be outside, I let him go play on…
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Continue reading →: “We think Dad is fun but he needs to plan because we are sensitive to noise and lights”
The first sign that our outing to catch a hockey game was going to be a disaster was that our dad decided to buy tickets spur of the moment. When our mom asked if he had selected seats in the special needs section or in an empty section, our dad…
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Continue reading →: “Opposite driving in Ireland is spooky fun “For Thanksgiving break, we went to Ireland to visit Jack while he was studying abroad. Quick summary, this trip did not go as planned. Travelling with an autistic child is never easy, especially if Cald is excited to see his least favorite brother. On the flight to Dublin, Cald behaved…
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Continue reading →: “The Fun Brother”Hello, my name is Dash and with Jack’s departure, I will follow in his footsteps and hope to expand Calderism. I would like to call myself the more engaged brother. Cald and I like going on car rides to Chik-fil-A or Panda Express, while listening to what he calls, “dirty…
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Continue reading →: “We are awesome excited for Jack to go to college, but we will miss him awesome awesome a lot.”My little brother Calder is not special. He might get so overwhelmed at the noisy mall that he’ll flop on the filthy floor and throw a tantrum. Because he is non-speaking, he might squeak, climb on my back, or drag me to the cookie kiosk. He definitely draws stares from…
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Continue reading →: Calder writes a fan letter to Tara SandsDear Tara Sands: My name is Calder and I am non verbal autistic. I awesome love to read stories (on Audible) in the car. My family drives me in the car so I can listen. We have listened to “Flora and Ulysses,” “Greetings from Witness Protection,” and “A Perilous Journey…
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Continue reading →: “We think it is fun and neat to say awesome things and know awesome people read about me.”I started Calderism over a year ago. My mission was to share the stories and experiences of life with a non-verbal autistic brother, both the good and the not-so-good. Through the blog, I’ve reflected on some of the challenges of autism and also worked out how to understand those challenges.…
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Continue reading →: “The trees try to talk to me to say to respect and protect them.”A couple of weeks ago, my dad, my brother Dash, and I went on a 3-day, 30-mile backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail. Overall the trip was some old-fashioned fun. Outside of the bear breaking into the coffee, the swarms of mosquitoes, and being sleep deprived, we all had a…
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Continue reading →: “Haircuts are scary but we look handsome after and are cared for by the nice lady.”When I was around Calder’s age, I grew my hair out super long. Despite what many thought, I did not grow my hair out that long because I thought it looked good. I actually thought it looked horrendous, but I hated haircuts more than anything else in the world. However,…
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Continue reading →: “Mom, you really get me.”The impact of learning to type with Calder cannot be stressed enough. As you can probably guess, his options for communicating outside of typing are very limited. Talking and making conversation are out of the picture. We tried sign language, but Calder struggles a lot with fine motor skills, so…
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