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Judi
  • Female
  • Fort Myers
  • United States
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Your Name
Judi
Where Do You Live
Fort Myers, Florida
How Did You Hear About This Site?
From CafeMom
Relationship Status
Married
About Me:
I am the mom to a wonderful guy who happens to have autism. I work part time as a hair stylist. I enjoy going to the beach..haha like I ever get a chance:-) I am a reality TV junkie. Some of my fav's include Survivor, American Idol, Big Brother, The Deadliest Catch, Dancing With The Stars, just to name a few. I enjoy cooking, reading and hanging out with my family and friends. I'm a huge Florida Gator fan, Go Gators!!
About Your Autistic Family Member:
My son Eric is 19 years old and would be considered moderate to severe on the spectrum. He is non-verbal. He also has been dx with Bipolar Disorder. Since we've got him on a 3 med combo for Bipolar, he has been a lot better. He still has his moments though. When he is in a manic state, he doesn't sleep or eat much at all. His anxiety can be very high. He can also have self injurious and aggressive behaviors.
He attends a regular high school and is in a self contained autism class there. He loves school and will continue going there until he is 22.
He also loves to go fishing with his dad on the boat. He is a great swimmer. He loves to swim in a pool. He enjoys doing puzzles, looking at his yearbooks from school and a variety of different magazines. He loves to look at pictures of people and faces.
Favorite Thing To Do With Your Autistic Family Member:
Go fishing, swimming. He likes to watch me cook, and then he really likes to eat what I cook:-)
Thing You Hate Most About Autism:
The challenges, the frustrations, the limitations. There isn't much I like about the "A" word.
Website:


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Judi

Tropical Storm Fay

Hi everyone..

Just wanted to let you know we got through the storm with no problems, thank you God. We didn't even lose power, which is totally amazing to me, since we were having 35-40 mph sustained winds with gusts up to 60 mph all night and into the morning hours. We did get a lot of rain. We are still getting rain from the feeder bands from the storm as it moves through central Florida. I'm just glad it didn't turn out to be worse for us than it was. I think the folks inland are getting it… Continue

Posted on August 19, 2008 at 2:52pm — 2 Comments

Judi

4 Years Ago Today

Hurricane Charley slammed into the SW Florida coastline as a category 4 storm. I will never forget it. The day started out with my family watching the weather updates on TV nonstop. Charley was located in the Gulf of Mexico as a Cat 2 storm. It was predicted to hit the Tampa area. We were preparing, but not too worried since Tampa is 2 1/2 hours north of us.

I can remember the update where they said Charley had increased in strength and went from a cat 2 storm to a cat 4 in less than 2 hours an… Continue

Posted on August 13, 2008 at 8:29am — 3 Comments

Judi

Life Is Unfair

I was so excited back in Febuary when I signed my son up for summer camp. I even blogged about it. I mean I didn't even know such a program for special needs kids existed. Before signing him up, I had to do an assessment over the phone with the supervisor of the camp. This is done to determine if your child would qualify for this particuliar program. This program was for special needs kids ages 6-21. The disabilties were varied as were the degrees. After this was done, the supervisor saw no reas… Continue

Posted on July 26, 2008 at 5:27pm — 5 Comments

Judi

New Support Group on MSN for Mom's

Hi everyone! I just started a new support group over on MSN for mom's that have a loved one on the autism spectrum. Please come and join! Here is the link- the more the merrier!!
http://groups.msn.com/SupportForAutieMoms

Posted on June 30, 2008 at 8:03pm — 2 Comments

Judi

I created a myspace page for my son

Hi everyone. I just created a myspace page for my son Eric who has Autism. If you're already on myspace, please visit his page and add him as a friend:-) Thank you
Hugs~

www.myspace.com/eric_aka_eb

Posted on June 15, 2008 at 2:11pm — 7 Comments

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At 6:05pm on May 1, 2009, Papa John said…
Sometimes I wonder that if we could get inside their minds for a minute... maybe we wouldn't come out either. I hope they enjoy their world that much, and it could be better than ours.
At 1:41pm on March 24, 2009, Valerie Marcin said…
Just wanted to stop by and show some love.
Hope everything your way is going well. :]
At 10:20am on January 12, 2009, Krista said…


Sory its been awhile! Hope all is well and the new year started out great for you!
At 7:01pm on January 9, 2009, lynda newton said…
havent been on here for ages. had that awful flu virus twice and felt really bad the second time it came back was Christmas day and was stuck in bed for 4 days i missed all the sales this year...hows life been treating you and yours?
Joseph has had some really bad violent tantrums but is off all medication now as he was putting on so much weight.i wish you a happy new year and a healthy one too.
bye for now lynda
At 7:51am on October 9, 2008, Debbi said…

At 1:56am on October 9, 2008, Anita said…
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Happy birthday my friend!! - have a really special day!! - love ya xxxxx
At 2:52pm on October 8, 2008, Kim =] said…
hiiyaa
have a great birthday!!!
lv kim x x
At 10:37am on September 26, 2008, Debbi said…

At 8:12am on September 20, 2008, Debbi said…


Good morning, Judi. The MRI went okay - now I wait, LOL, I'll know by Wendsday or Thurs if I need to go to Boston. I hope that you have a wonderful weekend! ~ Hugs, Debbi ~
At 9:07am on September 19, 2008, Anita said…
Hi Judi - Thankyou so much for my beautiful birthday card - it arrived today!! - that was quick! Hope you are all well? I havent been in all morning - had dentist then visited a friend who has just had an op - so had a good natter! Im off out tonight - kids are going to grandma's!! Will have to get myself dolled up a bit! lol
ttyl - hugs - Anitax
 
 

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