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Continue reading →: “Universal is awesome because it has awesome playing time and rides.”One of the greatest advantages of having brothers is that you always have someone to play with. But with Calder, there is a bit of a struggle. Because of Calder’s autism, his fine motor skills are not exactly the strongest. So unlike other siblings, we are unable to play sports…
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Continue reading →: “White Walkers”When Calder was around three or four, my parents took him to get his annual check-up. It was as standard a check-up as you could expect for a hyper-sensitive, overly energetic, non-verbal, autistic kid. But his doctor noticed something extraordinary that would quite literally change our lives. She observed that…
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Continue reading →: “We think that we are truly free when we write about total because we are funny.”Calder’s love of stories extends beyond just reading and listening. He also loves writing – or rather typing – them. The other day he told our Mom that typing with her was too serious. That’s because she’s always trying to check in on how he is feeling or what he…
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Continue reading →: “We think the books are hopeful and sweet because they show how anyone can be a hero.”Calder enjoys books with magic and fantasy adventures the most, like the Harry Potter and the Land of Stories series. He loves these books because the heroes face real-life challenges and overcome those challenges by entering a magical world, finding a mystical object, or discovering a new power. Calder struggles…
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Continue reading →: Calder Writes a Fan Letter to Chris Colfer
Calder loves to read, but he struggles with being able to physically flip the pages. That’s where Audible comes in. It’s also where my learning to drive comes in, because when my mom and dad are worn out from hour after hour of driving and listening to books, it’s my…
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Continue reading →: “We want to eat like a big kid and use our dear sweet fork and spoon.”Calder has a bad habit of eating with his hands. Fine motor skills are really hard for him, and if you’ve been reading Calderism, you know Calder loves food. When he’s got a bowl of rice, or chili, or homemade pasta, he loses all patience and dives right in with…
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Continue reading →: “We truly can’t stop ourselves when we are hungry”When Calder gets hungry, he gets hungry. He will act as if he is starving and if you walked by, you would think, “this kid has never eaten a meal in his life.” But Calder does eat. In fact, he eats extremely well. He enjoys homemade gluten-free brownies, cornbread, chocolate…
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Continue reading →: “We don’t want a Christmas tree. We want the Grinch.”What is one of the most ubiquitous Christmas traditions? Every Christmas, just about every family I know (and plenty I don’t) celebrates the holidays with a bright green tree covered with colorful lights and, to top it all off, a shiny silver star. Ever since I can remember, one of…
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Continue reading →: “We are mad because we can’t stop our dear body from flopping.”No one likes it when their body doesn’t do what they want to do. No one likes it when they’re walking and their knee gives out or the ankle rolls. And for Calder, it’s much worse. He constantly holds his breath which leads to his body flopping
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Continue reading →: “We are really angry because sweet Dash squeezed me real hard. You tell him to hug me.”ust about every group of siblings fights with each other. Sometimes it’s for a legitimate reason, but I would say that probably 90 percent of the time it’s over nothing and we just fight to, well, fight. I’m the oldest in the family and Calder is the baby, and Dash…
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