Nothing like a long weekend to throw you off your game. Of course each week we have to reinvent a new normal and plan for an uncertain future. But we are planning and creating new programs and bringing staples like Autism 101 back in a virtual fashion
On Thursday, Deb Henderson will be reviewing how to access public supports in our Autism 101 series. With furloughs and job loss some of you may be experiencing financial hardship. Maybe you sat in in this talk when everything was normal and you felt you didn't need to access supports you and your child are entitled to use. Things change but the assistance you can tap into might make life a bit easier. Feel free to sit in on the session to see if you can improve your situation.
Last week the Governor outlined the phases for reopening.
DDS Commissioner Jane Ryder issued another update for families - you can access it on our
website.
For the forseeable future we continue to provide for families virtually. I was lucky to do two intakes last week, I felt alive , so integral to my own mental health is the need to help others. So feel free to call anyone of us we are all starving for human contact! Parent social hours will run on Tuesday Wednesday and Saturday nights at 8 PM
I was happy to have some artwork for on Sunday Talent Showcase this week. Does your child have a special talent? I do have a submission for next week, a young lady who has written a book. She will read it to us on next Sunday. Have an artist in the house? My son Ed, likes to paint, he started by going to paint nights the Center had and last Christmas I got him an easel and some canvases and paint. I will be posting some of his artwork when I can get a picture. He won't let me hang the work here at my house, his room at his house is decorated with his paintings! We'd love to have an art show featur
ing the artwork of our kids. How hard is it to take a picture and e-mail it to me? We decided that the group was a safer place to showcase our children than our public Facebook Page. So if your child has a special talent, takes music, dance or karate lessons and wants to be part of the fun, send a video clip to Sloring@hmea.org with a signed
permission to share and then tune in on Sunday at 2 PM for the show.
It doesn't have to be artwork it can be a dance, a stand up routine, magic trick- a song. Everyone deserves a moment in the sun.
Do have a talent for Trivia ? I'm pretty good at it ( at least I was before Quarantine Brain took over ) and for $10 you can pit yourself against me. Something fun for parents and good for the Center as well. Join us!
You've Just a few more days to submit a design for the T-shirt Challenge
Finally, the next challenge for the kids is to perform a random act of kindness. Super Heros are kind, and this attribute is a much better one for our kids to emulate than some of the other Super Hero talents.
This week my act of kindness was to take a package delivered to the front steps of my next door neighbor's house and place it in their back porch out of sight. So many of us have had deliveries snatched from our doorsteps in my town, so when I saw it and that their cars were not in the driveway I moved the box. They don't know I did this and they don't need to know. I know. We can all make a difference.
Stay Connected, Stay Active but Stay Home & Stay Safe,
