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Announcing the "Our Special Place" Center for Special Needs Picnic: Bucks Mill Park, Colts Neck New Jersey
We're excited to announce the 2nd annual Our Special Place Picnic.  What is "Our Special Place?"
Diagnosis Day -- You Lose Your Breath
On April 19, 2004, our youngest son was diagnosed with autism. At the time I reached out to a dear friend from Wall Street who shared a prescient view: "Once you get your son squared away, you and Liz are going to help a lot of people."
I dismissed the prediction. We had immediate problems: teaching "E" to talk, use the toilet, dress himself, make eye contact, share, take turns, understand life and death, love, overcome frustration, regulate with others, engage with people for the love of social connection.
A neuro-typical child learns how to function organically. A special needs child must be taught step-by-step. I estimate that "E" and I have spent 800 hours learning how to cross a street.
Genesis of Our Special Place
Needless to say that to teach an impaired child how to join civilization is an intensive mission.  It wears on the pysche and the checkbook. Each day, Liz and I and a host of therapists and professionals instructed "E" on mundane tasks and gradually increased the sophistication of his newly acquired world ... more

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