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The Telephone Call Of A Lifetime–(from my journal) By: Carole Norman Scott 6-5-21
We had a strange and wonderful thing happen this evening. When we got home from an outing, we noticed we had a message on our phone. It was from Ben’s living facility, so I called them right back. They said … Continue reading
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THE REALITIES OF AUTISM–By Carole Norman Scott–5-15-21
I am sitting at my computer…feeling I must write something about Autism as it stands today in our lives, but I want to be encouraging, yet tell the truth. So, please bear with me as I attempt to share my … Continue reading
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Article in Arkansas Democrat Gazette about how the Covid 19 has affected parent’s visits with their developmentally disabled children this past year! Carole Norman Scott
Today (March 08), the Arkansas Democrat Gazette printed this article about the Human Development Centers in Arkansas (our autistic son, Ben, lives in the Conway unit). It tells how parents are feeling about not getting to bring their developmentally challenged … Continue reading
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A ZOOM MEETING WITH BEN–DEC. 18th, 2020 By: Carole Norman Scott
My husband and I had a Zoom meeting with Ben on Friday, December 18th, 2020. It was our second one, but this time we really wondered how it would go because we had gone to see him in person on … Continue reading
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Ben Diagnosed with Covid-19, 7/23/20 By: Carole Norman Scott
We got the dreaded phone call yesterday telling us that our son, Ben, had been diagnosed with a positive Covid-19 virus test. He lives in a large facility which has many different housing units (called cottages). Ben’s unit houses 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, experiences, faith, feelings, healing, medical needs, stress
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How the Covid-19 Pandemic Affects Us Visiting Our Son, Ben
By: Carole Norman Scott We usually visit Ben about every three months (since we’re both almost 82 and we live 4 hours from him). April would be our next target date. With this virus, and the “Shelter in place” orders, … Continue reading
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GOOD NEWS—Another Visit With Ben After All! By: Carole Norman Scott–(Read previous “Everything Changes”)
Because of Ben’s behavior episode at Christmas, we’ve had six months of wondering how and when we would ever be able to see him again. SO, we made a change in our way of doing things, and went … Continue reading
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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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
