by Abby Christianson | Oct 2, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
My grandmother was mentally ill. Nobody knew exactly what was wrong with her, just that she was very strange. Back then people didn’t talk about mental illness. Recently my aunts have discussed Grandma, and they think she had schizophrenia. But there was...
by Abby Christianson | Sep 9, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
When I became a new mother, I was amazed at the instant sorority I joined. Motherhood. Every mother can relate to another by the simple fact that they are both mothers. They know what it is like to put the needs of their baby ahead of their own. They know the deep...
by Abby Christianson | Jul 7, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
I have struggled to get my son to do anything lately. For some reason the only phrases he seems to remember start with no. No way, no how, no chance. It was getting VERY old, to say the least. He would not leave the house, even to go to church. He seemed...
by Abby Christianson | Jun 26, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
I feel so grateful for the progress my son has made in the last few months. I see a light at the end of the tunnel. And I wanted to share a few of the things I have done to help him. As I mentioned previously, we pulled him out of public school and started teaching...
by Abby Christianson | Jun 1, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
We recently had a challenge at church to do Family History and focus on the temple often for a month. So I put down the novels and picked up my laptop. But my family is all pretty into family history. And I thought it was all done. I couldn’t find records to...
