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!
LATEST FROM THE BLOG
Quarantined at home …
Quarantined at home with these guys can be challenging. Sometimes you just gotta find the good in all of this.…
So Jonah has gotten pretty stir-crazy lately…
So Jonah has gotten pretty stir-crazy lately. I'm sure many of you can relate. I sure can. Finding things for Jonah to…
Life is hilarious with this kid. (video)
Life is hilarious with this kid. Jonah taught himself to get dressed just so he could troll us. It’s hard to believe…
Jonah’s default sett…
Jonah’s default setting is “happy.” I don’t just mean “content.” There is a smile that lives in this kid’s heart. Every…
I’ve heard some peop…
I’ve heard some people say they don’t want to pursue an autism diagnosis for their child because they don’t want to…
“Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.” (video)
"Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley." - Theodore Roethke I made this in…
Autism and sensory meltdowns
Meltdowns at home can be very hard to endure. Public meltdowns are made worse by the onlookers who stare and judge what…
I wrote this a while…
I wrote this a while back, but still rings true. Around April, you start to see a lot of promotion for “autism…
I made this profile …
I made this profile frame a while back for Autism Awareness/Acceptance/Inclusion month and thought I'd share it again.…
Sometimes I want to …
Sometimes I want to freeze life at an exact moment, and lock that moment away, safe in my mind. I want to hold that…
Jonny hard at work o…
Jonny hard at work on a research paper. He has been working hard on it with Auntie every day. Tomorrow, they were going…
For those who don’t …
For those who don't know, Mama is an RN and an ICU nurse manager working out on the front lines of this 'thing.' So, to…
“Some days, this is …
“Some days, this is our classroom.” What a time to be alive, huh? So much has gone on lately, I’ve scarcely had the…
