HI, I'M JASON!
I have been writing about parenthood with two young special needs kids since I became a father in 2008. Jonny is now 15 and has a rare condition called Kabuki Syndrome. Jonah (10) was nonverbal and diagnosed with Autism in 2016. This blog is a chronicle of our special needs journey together. I mostly post my thoughts on Facebook, but you will also find those posts here.
We are an Ausome Family. We run on an abundance of coffee, loads of patience, a lot of love, and a “Touch of Ausome.”
Thank you for coming on this epic journey with us!
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I think this is some…
I think this is something we choose to ignore as special needs parents, at least when our children are young. We just…
And this is just our…
And this is just our FRONT door. What does yours look like? With autism, especially non-verbal autism, elopement is…
I needed to get Jojo…
I needed to get Jojo’s picture for a name tag at church. I said, “Jojo, can I take your picture?” This is the face he…
This was Jonah Satur…
This was Jonah Saturday. All he wanted to do was get up on a Saturday morning, play on his tablet, eat some breakfast,…
You don’t know how m…
You don’t know how much work has gone into making that statement a reality. Five years ago, at an IEP meeting, Jonny’s…
Jonah has his school…
Jonah has his school routines. Weather cannot change them. During the winter, when school was delayed for weather, we…
Need a bit of help h…
Need a bit of help here. So Jonah’s “phrase” for someone he doesn’t know is “somebody else.” So, like if another little…
We showed up to the …
We showed up to the baseball game with minutes to spare. The Sand Mountain sports complex parking lot was overrun with…
Jonah is 9. When he …
Jonah is 9. When he was three, he was completely nonverbal and diagnosed with Autism (level 3). We are still working…
It’s been tough some…
It’s been tough sometimes trying to navigate our “happily ever after,” but I couldn’t ask for a better co-pilot. 22…
Jonah just had his f…
Jonah just had his first ever music concert! OH MY GOSH you guys. He did SO well!! He was actually SINGING! I have…
