Posts about Jessica’s Journey arranged in chronological order from the beginning.
- The Beginning
- Blind Forevermore
- Convincing the Neurosurgeon
- Champion of Advocacy
- Unexpected Changes
- Wee Sing – Get used to it!
- About Assessments
- Improved Vision!
- Guilt and Second Guessing
- Danger Awareness
- Lobbying for Education
- Autism Denied
- Standardized Testing
- Right to Independent Evaluation
- Beyond Disappointment: Gratitude
- To Braille or Not to Braille
- Modified Mainstream
- Transition to Middle School
- Autism Does Not Mean Stagnation
- Life skills, always taught, ever emerging in importance!
- Wandering Jess
- Wrapping Up Middle School
- Far Far Away = Uncertainty, Fear, Protectiveness
- Time To Let Go
- Autism Interpreter Needed
- It’s Not the Big Things…
- The Awkward IEP
- Lost Opportunities
- The Nightmare
- The Day Dream
- To Braille (told you so!)
- Jessica’s First Prom
- Jess on Rollerblades
- A Deaf Roommate
- First Impressions – Everything or Misleading?
- Communicating and Communication Disorders
- Functional Academics
- Obsessed
- The Paralyzing Effect
- Running Out of Time
- Friend For A Season
- What If We Failed?
- Transition Planning – Voc Rehab
- Transition Planning – Work Eval
- You’re Fired!
- Transition Planning – Hope
- Transition Planning – A Work in Progresss
- Forgiving My Own Shortcomings
- Senior Year
- The Crumbling Foundation
- The Wall of Paper
- What I Never Wanted
- Surviving The Waiting List
- A New Beginning – Again
- Routines, Prized Possessions, and Violations
- Sadness and Survival
- Reverence, Integrity, Compassion and Excellence (R.I.C.E.)
- The Beginning of the End
- Perspective – Better Left at School than Left on Bus
- The Final Accommodation
- Tent Camping with Jess
- The Unexpected Transition
- Consider Me Adjusted
- The Transition to Invisible
- Struggles that Never End
While trying to find information on yours and the Katniks family I came across your web site. I can’t tell you what an impact you have made on me. My middle daughter was born with an incurable condition and I can relate. I am adding Jessica and you to my prayer circle. God bless you both.
Thank you for your comments. I find it truly encouraging when I hear that Autism After School is making a difference for someone. I hope you will continue to follow and comment again in the future.