Hello, I'm Val, mother to Jessica, an adult who has multiple disabilities including autism and blindness. Jess lives at home with …
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When I Knew Jess Would Be With Me Always
Jess is 31 years old, autistic, blind, has hydrocephalus, and gross and fine motor impairments. She lives at home with me and …
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Expressive Communication Disorder – Autism and Haircuts
Jess wanted to make this video. I always ask her first. It helps her to process the information we have discussed when …
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A Typical Outing
Join us for one of our typical (boring) outings into the community. First, we go to the post office to check our box where I …
Family Visits
Yes, I know it's Wednesday, but it seems my weekend just ended. My two grown littles came home for a long weekend! They each live …
How We Stopped Skin Picking in 5 Days
“Please, don’t touch your sores!” That strategy never worked. Not even for a minute. We have been trying to figure out how to …
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