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Describing Ben’s Living Facility To A Friend–By: Carole Norman Scott
In April of 2001, I was describing Ben’s Living Facility to a friend who lives in St. Louis and had never seen the place I was talking about. Here is what I had to say, and I STILL feel this … Continue reading
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Everything changes–Ben’s meltdown at Christmas! By: Carole Norman Scott
Everything changes…we have been blessed to have our fifty-six year old autistic son, Ben, be able to come home several times a year for week-long visits for 43 years. Several other times a year, we visited him in Conway and … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, family, home, nostalgia, rage
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A “Bland” Diet for Ben!
To bring you up to date on the latest medical decisions that have been made for Ben at the facility where he lives…he had an EGD to check his Esophagus for ongoing Barrett’s syndrome (pre-cancerous condition of the esophagus) on … Continue reading
Autism: ‘Tis Still A Puzzlement: Christmas, 2017 By: Carole Norman Scott
On Friday, December 22nd, my husband (79) made the 4 hour drive down to Conway, AR to pick our son, Ben (55), up for Christmas, and they drove the 4 hours back in a hard rain…but got … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas interacition, exemplary behavior, family get-together, going to church, helping in the kitchen, limited communication, loves vists at home, manners, restaurant behavior, working puzzles
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Another Blessed Christmas–2016!
God answered prayer for Ben to have a calm and joyful Christmas with family–2016! Continue reading
Ben’s Communications at age 15–1977, By: Carole Norman Scott
I was sorting through some “stuff” last night, and came across these communications that our autistic son, Ben, shared with us at age 15. We didn’t think at the time that he talked very much, but in reading these comments … Continue reading
A Recent Grand Mal Seizure 8-12-16…By: Carole Norman Scott
Ben was doing so well, but had a grand mal seizure on August 12th at his living facility. It lasted about 3 minutes, but they got him to the infirmary and kept him there for several days while they checked … Continue reading
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Ben’s Memory–He NEVER forgets anything!
An amazing thing happened when Ben was home. I was looking at his picture scrapbook with him (the same one that he used to flip through so rapidly you wondered if he was even looking at the pictures). This time … Continue reading
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