Posts by sleepnrain

Tiredofdabs, if you're still reading (which I hope you are), here are my thoughts.   1) You need to find someone to advocate for you AND your son. A social worker, a behavioral therapist, someone. If you have any contacts for...

Wouldn't the stairs be an issue she could get accommodation for under section 504 even if she doesn't have an IEP yet?

I would want to look very carefully at the gifted program and what it would entail. Is it a full-time program? Where are they getting enough children to fill an entire gifted class at one school? Would they be bussed in from other...

Thank you for the responses! Lots to think about. I'm not sold on suspecting the ACV, only because I've taken it frequently in the past with no side effects. I've been taking it recently either in water or in things like salad...

I started taking some new vitamins and minerals earlier this week and have been feeling SO weird for the last few days - Foggy-headed, headache yesterday, today I feel like my arms and legs are wet noodles and I've just been lying down...

Are you trimming it regularly? That's always been the best way to keep my hair under control - get rid of split ends, make sure it's healthy - it's much less scraggly that way. I've also heard olive oil is a great conditioning treatment!

This is one of my favourite blogs, and she should have some good ideas: http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/ - The archives are well organized and go back for years! Good luck, that sounds like a difficult position to be in

I often use a little bit of peanut butter instead!

I just stumbled on this thread, but one of the things that has been most helpful to me in understanding other people and my complicated feelings towards the people i know best: Our strengths are our weaknesses and our weaknesses are our...

Wow, what great responses! Thank you so much to everyone. I've put all the books I haven't read on my (very long) to-read list. I'm in the middle of Awakenings by Oliver Sacks right now and wow. It's definitely one of those for me. I...