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I can't sleep when I'm here. I don't really know why...perhaps it's because this isn't home. I love it here, it's just not what I'm used to.
I like coming here and not dealing with anything or anyone. Cell phones don't work here, so nobody calls. It's quiet. Everything is affordable.
I hated the book I just read. It gave off the impression it would be worth my time. Really it was a piece of crap. It's about a mother with a child with autism. The author seems like she meant well with the book, being a mother of a child with autism herself, but the book just...sucked. I think the part that bothered me the most is that it vaguely brought up vaccinations, and barely brought up gluten free/casein free diets, but it didn't really touch on anything else. Basically every specialist this mother in the book saw was incompetent in her eyes, except for of course a charming Irish man who she eventually starts banging. That charming Irish man also happens to be an ABA therapist which is a type of therapy that quite frankly gives false hope and doesn't help autistic children do anything except mimic static dialogue, which is something that applies to almost nothing in the real world. Perhaps I was just annoyed that in the book she relies so heavily on ABA and there's even a part where she describes a scene that involves spontaneous and not by the book conversation and her child just can't do it, even after he's allegedly doing wonderfully. In reality, her son is doing horribly because all he's learned is how to get treats from his mom...much like a dog. But that's not brought up in the book because all she sees is this handsome guy who isn't the husband who walked out on her and she gets swept away because she trained her son to say balloon. My dog can give high fives, that doesn't teach her how to interact and survive on her own in a human and completely not static world. Gah. Stupid love stories ruin everything.
I got another 4.0 paper back in English. Kick ass.
Freckles is moving in with my aunt and uncle and cousins tomorrow. I hope that turns out alright. Hopefully we'll be moving before Freckles becomes a burden.
I'm off to try to sleep now.
I like coming here and not dealing with anything or anyone. Cell phones don't work here, so nobody calls. It's quiet. Everything is affordable.
I hated the book I just read. It gave off the impression it would be worth my time. Really it was a piece of crap. It's about a mother with a child with autism. The author seems like she meant well with the book, being a mother of a child with autism herself, but the book just...sucked. I think the part that bothered me the most is that it vaguely brought up vaccinations, and barely brought up gluten free/casein free diets, but it didn't really touch on anything else. Basically every specialist this mother in the book saw was incompetent in her eyes, except for of course a charming Irish man who she eventually starts banging. That charming Irish man also happens to be an ABA therapist which is a type of therapy that quite frankly gives false hope and doesn't help autistic children do anything except mimic static dialogue, which is something that applies to almost nothing in the real world. Perhaps I was just annoyed that in the book she relies so heavily on ABA and there's even a part where she describes a scene that involves spontaneous and not by the book conversation and her child just can't do it, even after he's allegedly doing wonderfully. In reality, her son is doing horribly because all he's learned is how to get treats from his mom...much like a dog. But that's not brought up in the book because all she sees is this handsome guy who isn't the husband who walked out on her and she gets swept away because she trained her son to say balloon. My dog can give high fives, that doesn't teach her how to interact and survive on her own in a human and completely not static world. Gah. Stupid love stories ruin everything.
I got another 4.0 paper back in English. Kick ass.
Freckles is moving in with my aunt and uncle and cousins tomorrow. I hope that turns out alright. Hopefully we'll be moving before Freckles becomes a burden.
I'm off to try to sleep now.