I have a 4-year-old boy on the autism spectrum. It's the same story with him.
He has two modes: He is either hyper, physically hitting, babbling, and screaming, or he is hyper-concentrated, quiet, intelligent, affectionate, and sweet. My 3-year-old is starting to copy everything.
I loved the article! I need to stop beating myself up about slacking in certain areas because just getting through the day with my sanity right now is an accomplishment.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
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A week after Annual Town Meeting, Ann Manwaring and Gretchen Havreluk were working on the meeting agenda for the March 11 Broadband Working Group's meeting. “This is new stuff, and we're coming out of the gate,” said Manwaring, a former state representative and a current member of the Wilmington Selectboard. Havreluk, an economic development specialist, serves on the Bi-Town Economic Development Committee for Wilmington and Dover. The working group formed last fall at a joint meeting of the Wilmington and...
Annamarie Pluhar is executive director and founder of Sharing Housing, Inc., a nonprofit organization promoting shared housing as a viable and enjoyable answer to the joint crises of housing affordability and loneliness facing our society through education and advocacy. To read excerpts from the forum on housing to which Pluhar is responding, see "Crushing the housing crisis" [Voices Live! Forum, April 10]. BRATTLEBORO-It was enlightening to hear Rep. Becca Balint describe the omnibus housing bill she is working on with...
Cellist and long-time Guilford resident Judith Serkin has remained an ardent lover in an affair that has lasted 55 years - with the musical instrument she has chosen to play for over five decades. “I think the cello is the most beautiful sound in the world,” Serkin says fervently, like someone caught in the enthusiasm of her first schoolgirl crush. “I just melt when I hear it.” Serkin says that everywhere she travels with her instrument, people come up to...
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