tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82456638860566472322024-03-12T22:36:29.605-07:00Life with a Boy named BraydenLife With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-25865983485114040652018-09-11T16:43:00.001-07:002018-09-11T17:04:13.602-07:00Service Dog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">SITTING AND WAITING FOR HIS BOY TO CALM</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">HE SEES PEOPLE ALL AROUND</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">BUT HIS MAIN FOCUS IS HIS DISTRESSED BOY</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">HE'S ON CONSTANT ALERT</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">AND SENSES HIS BOY'S EMOTIONS</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">HE STARTS TO FEEL THE CALM</span></span></div>
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Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-24021291619090678032018-01-26T16:20:00.001-08:002018-01-26T16:33:00.442-08:00National Service Dogs- How my Service Dog has Impacted my Life<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">*Brayden and NSD Gusto were happy to be apart of National </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Service Dogs book In Service- Portraits of Dogs That Change </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Brayden was presented the original portrait of Gusto and </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">talked about how Gusto has impacted his life. You can </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">purchase this book and all proceeds go directly to National </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">My name is Brayden. I am 11 years old today. How lucky am I that </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I get to spend my birthday talking about how incredibly amazing my </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I have NSD Gusto. He is a golden retriever. He is almost 7 years old. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I have had him almost 5 years in May. He helps me with my autism. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Let me start by saying that I am so lucky to have a service dog and </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">that my parents stumbled across National Service Dogs in their autism </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">googling days. Thankfully they don’t do that anymore. There are some</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">far fetch autism nonsense out there. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Anyways back to my story. I was diagnosed with autism spectrum </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">disorder when I was three years old. I can remember back in the day </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">that I was a challenge to say the least for my parents and Grandma. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I would bolt at any given day or time. This was so scary for my parents</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and I knew it. But you see my body was so disconnected from my </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">brain that was so out of control. This is hard to talk about because it </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">was such a difficult time in my life. Don’t get me wrong my life was </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">amazing it was just this out of control body that I was trying to figure </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">out. I eventually learned to get Control of my body by the help of my </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">parents, Soma – the founder of RPM (Rapid Prompting Method), </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">My Grandma, my personal trainer Ryan and my Gusto. It is a lot of </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">work every day, every hour, every second. Always will be a challenge </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">but it gets easier as the days pass by. That was a challenge to say </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I am also limited speech. I can say some words by my mouth but </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I cannot express my thoughts or feelings by mouth. That is hard to </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">deal with. I mostly say stim words or script lines from TV shows or </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">movies. I was silent for seven years until I found my voice through </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">RPM( Rapid Prompting Method). This is when my life began I could </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">finally express myself through letters on board, letter by letter spelling </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">my thoughts and feelings for the first time in my life. To say was one </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">of the happiest days of my life next to the day Gusto came home and</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I still remember that day like it was yesterday. My parents went to </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">parent training through NSD (National Service Dogs). They were </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">gone for one week. I had originally Gusto’s brother Gimlet. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">have never gotten the best service dog ever. They brought Gusto </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">home and I thought gusto was the most beautiful dog ever. I was in </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">tearing up just thinking about that time. My parents were very strict </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">with my sisters. They were not allowed to talk, touch, play or feed </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Gusto. This was done to foster the bond between gusto and I. No </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">one except for my parents or the person that was helping me could </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">give commands to gusto. My parents fed gusto obviously. They </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">taught me how to feed him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">If Gusto wants to play he comes to me. If Gusto wants to lick me he </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">comes to me. My parents taught me how to throw balls and toys so </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I can play with Gusto. I have to say my favourite thing to do is play </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">fetch with Gusto. I throw a ball and he always brings it back to me. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">If I don’t pay attention to him he will drop it in my lap. It makes me </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I am also tethered to Gusto when we go out. I remember the Hook </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">up to Gusto. I thought to myself, where have you been all my life? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">independence. I am really still loving being tethered to gusto now.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Gusto helps keep me focused and on task. He does this by me </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">holding his handle and by being tethered to him. He guides me by </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Gusto can sense when I am getting anxious. He goes right up beside</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">me and that gives me pressure so I feel safe. Mom has finally found </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">this out and uses it as a cue to move things along. This makes me </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">feel very safe and happy. Gusto was not taught this command. He </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I make loud noises and flap my arms. But once they see Gusto their </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">attention is on him and not me. So it is a good thing. I really don’t like </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I give physical commands. When I want him to eat I touch his ear. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">hand in his mouth. When I want him to jump on me, I grab his toy </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and I wave it in front of his face and run to the couch. He is so smart</span><br />
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TODAY I GOT TO MEET AN AMAZING ARTIST NAMED JACQUELINE GORI. SHE DREW A PORTRAIT OF MY SERVICE DOG NSD GUSTO. I AM HONORED TO HAVE MET SUCH A TALENTED ARTIST. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PORTRAIT OF GUSTO. IT CAPTURES HIS BEAUTY IN A WAY I SEE HIM. HIS EYES STAND OUT TO ME THE MOST. I FEEL SO PROUD TO BE APART OF THIS AMAZING BOOK WITH NATIONAL SERVICE DOGS. THANK YOU JACQUELINE FOR MAKING A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF MY BEST FRIEND GUSTO. I WILL TREASURE IT ALWAYS.<br />
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THANK YOU AGAIN.Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-49864337248249419372017-07-17T10:11:00.001-07:002017-07-17T10:11:45.810-07:00MY MOM IS A GARGOYLEMY MOM IS A GARGOYLE IN DISGUISE. WHEN SHE IS SLEEPING AT NIGHT HER HORNS SLOWLY COME OUT OF HER HEAD. HER WINGS SLOWLY EMERGE. HER EYES TURN RED IN COLOUR. SHE AWAKENS FROM A DEEP SLEEP THEN THE GARGOYLE TAKES OVER. SHE FLIES AROUND HER HOUSE WHERE HER FAMILY SLEEPS AT NIGHT. SHE SITS AT THE TOP OF THE ROOF GUARDING HER FAMILY WHILE THEY SLEEP. THAT IS WHY SHE DOESN'T SLEEP GOOD AT NIGHT. SHE IS THE FAMILY PROTECTOR.<br />
THE END.Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-80355095401012679782017-02-06T07:16:00.002-08:002017-02-06T07:16:35.391-08:00WE ARE STARDUSTI HAVE TWO AMAZING FRIENDS NAMED FOX AND WYATT. WE ARE IN SCIENCE CLUB TOGETHER. WE LEARNED ABOUT STARDUST TODAY. WE MADE A POEM TOGETHER.<br />
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Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-27501520601634894642017-01-15T17:33:00.000-08:002017-01-15T17:33:11.943-08:00THE MAN IN THE WOODSONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A MAN IN THE WOODS. THIS MAN WAS A BUSHMAN AT HEART. HE LOVED BEING OUTDOORS AND IN NATURE. HE LIVED ALONE WITH HIS DOG NAMED HUNTER. HE THOUGHT HUNTER WAS THE BEST DOG EVER. HUNTER LOVED THE OUTDOORS JUST AS MUCH AS HIS OWNER HARRY. HARRY AND HUNTER WOULD GO OUT EVERY MORNING TO COLLECT WOOD FOR THE FIREPLACE.<br />
ONE DAY HUNTER GOT DISTRACTED BY A RED SQUIRREL AND WONDERED OFF THE TRAIL. HARRY WHISTLED AND CALLED OUT FOR HUNTER. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THIS MADE HARRY SO INCREDIBLY SAD AND HEARTBROKEN THAT HE WOULD LOSE HUNTER FOREVER. HARRY WENT HOME AFTER SEARCHING FOR HUNTER FOR HOURS. HARRY CRIED FOR WEEKS AFTER LOSING HUNTER.<br />
THEN ONE DAY WHEN HARRY WENT OUT FOR HIS MORNING WOOD RUN HUNTER WAS SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH. HARRY WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HUNTER. HE THOUGHT HE LOST HIM FOREVER.<br />
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MORAL OF THE STORY IS NEVER GIVE UP BELIEVING. Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-90632645533712425092016-12-06T16:09:00.002-08:002016-12-06T16:09:43.568-08:00HOW WORKING OUT AT THE GYM IS HELPING MY BODYI HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A PERSONAL TRAINER NAMED RYAN FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS. I HAVE BEEN GOING IN ONCE A WEEK FOR ONE HOUR SESSIONS. I HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE CHANGES IN MY BODY. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I HAVE MORE BODY CONTROL AND MORE BODY AWARENESS. I CAN FINALLY FEEL WHERE MY BODY IS. CAN YOU IMAGINE NOT FEELING WHERE YOUR BODY IS AT ALL TIMES, THAT YOU ARE FLOATING ALL THE TIME. THAT IS HOW I FELT WHEN I WAS NOT TETHERED TO MY SERVICE DOG GUSTO. MOVING MY LEGS FELT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T GET TO WHERE I WANTED TO GO. IT IS SO FRUSTRATING. I WOULD GRAB THINGS THAT I WASN'T SUPPOSE TO GRAB BUT MY HANDS WOULD STILL GRAB THOSE THINGS. MAKING PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THIS WAS SO FRUSTRATING. HAVING OUTBURSTS WERE THE WORSE. I WOULD BE SCREAMING AT MYSELF TO STOP BUT THIS OUT OF CONTROL BODY HAD OTHER PLANS. I WOULD FEEL ASHAMED OF MYSELF AFTERWARDS. SUCH AWFUL FEELINGS AFTER A MELTDOWN OR OUTBURST.<br />
I AM HAPPY I DON'T HAVE THOSE FEELINGS HARDLY ANYMORE. I FEEL EMPOWERED WITH MY NOW CONTROLLED BODY. I CAN NOW HELP MY MOM WITH CHORES. WHAT AN AMAZING FEELING TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT AROUND THE HOUSE AND IN STORES.<br />
I THINK ALL AUTISTICS SHOULD WORK OUT AND FIND THEIR BODIES. I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY TRAINER RYAN FOR THE AWESOME WEEKLY WORKOUTS AND THE AWESOME MUSIC TO WORKOUT TO. <br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">I WENT BOATING IN MY PAPA'S NEW BOAT. I TOOK OVER DRIVING AND SURPRISED MY PAPA. I WENT CANOEING WITH MY DAD.</span></div>
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I DID ALOT OF SWIMMING. GUSTO KEPT BRINGING ME STICKS FOR ME TO THROW IN THE LAKE. SO WE PLAYED ALOT OF CATCH. HE KEPT ME ENTERTAINED.</div>
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I GOT TO WORK ON MY BUSHMAN SKILLS WITH MY DAD. HE IS REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT NATURE AND BUSHMAN STUFF. </div>
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Gusto and I swimming at Crotch Lake</div>
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THIS IS MY SECOND TRIP TO CROTCH. IT IS MAGNIFICENT. IT IS SO PEACEFUL THERE. IT IS SO CALMING TO BE AROUND NATURE. MY BODY FEELS AT PEACE WHEN I AM IN NATURE. MY FAMILY IS AMAZING AND I GOT TO MEET SOME MORE FAMILY THIS WEEKEND. I WENT SWIMMING IN THE RAIN WHICH WAS COOL.<br />
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I WENT SWIMMING IN THE RAPIDS AND YOUR REGULAR SWIMMING. MY PARENTS ALLOWED ME TO HAVE INDEPENDENCE AT CROTCH. AMAZING FEELING TO DO THINGS ON YOUR OWN. I GOT TO SWIM IN THE RAPIDS AND WALK UP STREAM ON MY OWN.<br />
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IT FELT AMAZING TO BE INDEPENDENT. I REALLY TRY TO BE INDEPENDENT. ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ADVISE TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT. <br />
I LOVE THE NATURE. I LOVE THE OUTDOORS. THE BEST PART OF MY TRIP WAS BEING OUTSIDE IN NATURE. <br />
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My guard dog Gusto.</div>
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I ALSO LOVED SEEING MY FAMILY HAVING FUN LIKE SWIMMING, DANCING MOM AND SISTERS, JAY PLAYING THE HARMONICA, PAPA PLAYING THE GUITAR AND ALEXIS PLAYING THE HARMONICA. IT WAS A FANTASTIC CAMPING TRIP.<br />
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<br />Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-27360008251939520572016-07-25T17:05:00.000-07:002016-07-25T17:05:22.369-07:00SPEAKING IS HARDSPEAKING IS HARD FOR ME. I CAN'T SPEAK THE WORDS THAT ARE IN MY HEAD THROUGH MY MOUTH. INSTEAD JIBBERISH AND STIM WORDS COME OUT. I CAN SEE EVERYONE ELSE TALK WITH THEIR MOUTHS WITH NO DIFFICULTY. I AM ENVIOUS. I FEEL SO STUCK WITH WORDS ALL THE TIME.<br />
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CAN YOU IMAGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH? IT SEEMS LIKE A PRISON. <br />
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I TALK WITH MY HAND. I SPELL LETTER BY LETTER. IT IS TIME CONSUMING BUT I HAVE A VOICE. I DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE FOR SEVEN YEARS. I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY HAND VOICE.<br />
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MY MOM HAS BEEN PRACTICING WITH ME PRONOUNCING LETTERS AND WORDS. I FEEL HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE ONE DAY THAT I COULD SPEAK WITH MY MOUTH THE WORDS THAT ARE IN MY HEAD. I BELIEVE IN MYSELF.Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-5821810165386418262016-07-18T10:38:00.002-07:002016-07-18T10:38:52.152-07:00THREE BEST FRIENDSWOW THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST AMAZING WEEK EVER. I HAD THE PLEASURE TO SPEND WITH TWO OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. MY MOM HAS PLANNED SOME PRETTY FANTASTIC ADVENTURES TO GO ON.<br />
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MY ONE BEST FRIEND <a href="http://foxtalkswithletters.blogspot.ca/">FOX</a> LIVES IN THE SAME CITY AS MYSELF. MY OTHER BEST FRIEND <a href="https://iaminmyhead.com/">RYAN</a> LIVES IN TEXAS. I NEVER MET RYAN IN PERSON BEFORE THIS WEEK. WE SKYPE ONCE A WEEK FOR BEST FRIENDS BOOK CLUB. MEETING RYAN IN PERSON HAS BEEN AMAZING.<br />
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I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE TWO BEST FRIENDS. I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC THAT RYAN'S FAMILY COULD VISIT US IN CANADA. I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE TWO BEST FRIENDS.<br />
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I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. I GOT TO SPEND TIME OUT IN NATURE WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENDS. I AM SO THANKFUL TO RYAN'S PARENTS FOR MAKING THIS DREAM TRIP A REALITY. IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE WEEK WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENDS.<br />
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<br />Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-52087202981629364572016-07-18T10:35:00.000-07:002016-07-18T10:38:09.416-07:00RPM FAMILY PICNICI HAD THE PLEASURE TO HAVE A PICNIC WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENDS AND TWO NEW FRIENDS. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING <a href="http://faithhopeloveautism.blogspot.com/">PHILIP'S</a> BLOG FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. HE MADE ME FEEL PROUD TO BE AUTISTIC. I AM PROUD TO BE WHO I AM. I ENJOY READING PHILIP'S BLOG. I AM HAPPY I FINALLY GOT TO MEET HIM IN PERSON. IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO TALK TO HIM. I FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE MADE A NEW FRIEND.<br />
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I ALSO GOT TO MEET <a href="http://kayliespeaks.blogspot.ca/">KAYLIE</a>. I ENJOY READING HER BLOG AS WELL. SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE TYPER. I AM HAPPY TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH HER.<br />
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THE MOMS AND KIDS JOINED IN A CIRCLE OF FRIENDSHIP. WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST OF THE DAY.<br />
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I FEEL SO INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE SPENT A DAY WITH AMAZING FRIENDS AND FAMILIES. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE AMAZING MOMS AND DADS.Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-77149713891511823912016-05-10T13:08:00.001-07:002016-05-10T13:11:46.033-07:00MY VIEW ON EDUCATING AUTISITICS<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ALONG WITH PEOPLE TALKING TO YOU LIKE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING SPOKEN TO YOU. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR AUTISTICS EVERYDAY, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY SECOND OF THEIR LIVES. THIS NEEDS TO STOP NOW. THERE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AUTISM WITH THE EXPERTS, THE AUTISTICS THEMSELVES. PEOPLE NEED TO BE OPEN MINDED ABOUT AUTISM. START TALKING TO THE NON VERBAL AUTISTICS LIKE REAL HUMANS. TEACH THEM INTERESTING THINGS. THEY NEED THEIR MINDS TO BE FUELED WITH KNOWLEDGE. ASSUME COMPETENCE LIKE THE REST OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS. THIS IS KEY TO THEIR SUCCESS. ANOTHER KEY IS TO GET THEIR VOICE. RAPID PROMPTING METHOD IS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE IF YOU ARE AUTISTIC. IT HELPS WITH FINE MOTOR AND SELF CONTROL. IT ALSO HELPS THEM COMMUNICATE AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES THAT WORKS 100% OF THE TIME. THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE INVESTING OUR MONEY AND TIME TO GIVE AUTISTICS THEIR VOICE. AUTISTICS NEED GREAT ADVOCATES TO HELP THEM. </span></div>
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<br />Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-78708885967609324532016-04-20T16:48:00.000-07:002016-04-20T16:48:36.211-07:00AUTISTICS ARE NOT LOST CHILDREN<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IT IS NOT THAT AUTISTICS CAN NOT FOLLOW DIRECTION, IT IS WE HAVE A BRAIN AND BODY DISCONNECT. OUR BODIES DO NOT ALWAYS WORK WITH OUR BRAINS. THIS IS VITAL TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT AUTISTICS. DOING IBI AND ABA DRILLS DO NOT HELP US ESPECIALLY FOR THE MORE AFFECTED BY THE BRAIN AND BODY DISCONNECT AUTISTICS. THEY NEED TO PRACTICE BUT IN AGE APPROPRIATE ACADEMICS AND AGE APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I COULD NEVER DO ANY OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE I CANNOT SPEAK WITH MY MOUTH. I DIDN’T HAVE A WAY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. MY PARENTS TRIED MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO HELP ME COMMUNICATE. THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED WAS RPM (RAPID PROMPTING METHOD). I FINALLY FOUND MY VOICE AND I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER.</span><br />
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Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-25888594809867889672016-02-27T17:53:00.000-08:002016-02-27T17:53:04.335-08:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOST FANTASTIC, MOST BEAUTIFUL, MOST INSPIRING, MOST PASSIONATE SOUL, MY MOM. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL AND FUN NEW YEAR. YOU DESERVE NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRING WOMAN. I AM THANKFUL TO HAVE SUCH A FANTASTIC MOM. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. SO MUCH THAT WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THE AMOUNT OF LOVE I HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LOVING AND BELIEVING IN ME. I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. YOU NEVER GAVE UP ON ME. YOU NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING IN ME AND THAT THERE WAS MORE IN ME THAN I LET YOU SEE. SO THAT MAKES YOU A WARRIOR MOM, I AM HAPPY I HAVE A WARRIOR MOM LIKE YOU. MY SISTERS ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING ROLE MODEL FOR THEM. MY DAD IS LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING WIFE AND SOUL MATE. <br />
I KNOW THAT LIFE HAS BEEN CHALLENGING SINCE YOU HAD ME AND DEALING WITH AUTISM. YOU NEVER SHOW HOW DIFFICULT THINGS ARE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE SUCH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT SITUATIONS AND ALWAYS HAVE GREAT ADVICE. YOU ARE THE BEST MOM ANY KID COULD ASK FOR. YOU HAVE THE MOST BRIGHTEST AND COLOURFUL COLOURS AROUND YOUR BODY. I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. I FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ME, MY SISTERS AND DAD. <br />
I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT.<br />
LOVE YOUR ONLY SON<br />
BRAYDEN<br />
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOLife With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-13759393027072137952016-02-19T14:01:00.001-08:002016-02-19T14:01:56.591-08:00SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT RPM<div class="MsoNormal">
I CANNOT EXPRESS MYSELF USING MY MOUTH. I HAVE SOME MOUTH WORDS BUT MOST OF THE TIME
IT IS VOCAL STIMS. IT IS VERY
FRUSTRATING TO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BUT JIBBERISH COMES OUT INSTEAD. THEREFORE, I SHOULD NOT BE PERSUMED THAT I
HAVE LOW INTELLIGENCE BASED ON THE FACT THAT I CANNOT SPEAK WITH MY MOUTH. I HAVE BEEN THOUGHT THAT I HAVE LOW
INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE I CANNOT TALK WITH MY MOUTH BUT I DIDN’T HAVE A WAY TO
SHOW PEOPLE HOW SMART I WAS UNTIL I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN I LEARNED RAPID
PROMPTING METHOD (RPM). NOW I CAN SHOW
PEOPLE I AM SMART. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I HAVE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT AGE APPROPRIATE ACADEMICS IN MY
WHOLE SCHOOL CAREER UNTIL I STARTED RPM.
MY MOM TEACHES ME AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL I AM TAUGHT GRADE LEVEL
WORK. THE SCHOOL THIS YEAR IS TEACHING
ME GRADE LEVEL WORK BECAUSE MY MOM ADVOCATED FOR ME. I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THE SAME PRESCHOOL WORK
FOR SIX YEARS. HOW BORING IS THAT? HOW SAD AND DEPRESSING IS THAT? CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING TAUGHT THE SAME
PRESCHOOL WORK FOR SIX YEARS IN A ROW?
PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR LETTERS, NUMBERS OR COLOURS. IT IS SUCH A HORRIBLE LIFE WHEN YOU CANNOT
EXPRESS YOURSELF AND CANNOT SHOW HOW SMART YOU ARE. THAT WAS ME BEFORE RPM. BUT THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW THAT I RPM. I AM BEING TAUGHT GRADE LEVEL ACADEMICS AT
SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME. MY MOM
TEACHES ME ABOVE GRADE LEVEL ACADEMICS AT HOMESCHOOL. I AM ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED FOR THE FIRST
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I THINK RPM SHOULD BE USED ON ANY AUTISTIC THAT CANNOT
EXPRESS THEMSELVES OR FULLY COMMUNICATE THEMSELVES. THIS WOULD INCLUDE SPEAKING, MINIMAL SPEAKING
AND NON SPEAKING AUTISTICS. I HAD NO FRIENDS
UNTIL I MET ANOTHER RPMer. I HAD NO WAY
TO TALK TO PEOPLE. I HAD NO MEANINGFUL
FRIENDSHIPS. I WAS SAD I HAD NO ONE TO
TALK TO AND NO FRIENDS. IT WASN’T UNTIL
I STARTED RPM THAT I STARTED HAVING FRIENDSHIPS. I FOUND TRUE FRIENDS THAT I CAN TALK TO ABOUT
AUTISM AND ANYTHING WE WANT. WE ACCEPT
EACH OTHER FOR WHO THE PERSON IS. WE DON’T
JUDGE EACH OTHER. WE ARE PATIENT WITH
EACH OTHER. WE ALL HAVE THINGS IN
COMMON. WE ALL RPM. <o:p></o:p></div>
Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-58517535479921483652016-02-16T11:57:00.002-08:002016-02-16T11:57:08.936-08:00UNCONTROLLABLE BODYI HAVE BEEN SKIING FOR TWO SEASONS. I REALLY ENJOY SKIING. I AM GREAT AT BALANCING MY BODY. I CAN FEEL EVERY PART OF MY BODY. IT IS SO INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO FEEL EVERY BODY PART. I CAN THEN TELL MY BODY PART WHAT TO DO. THE ONLY THING IS MY BODY DOESN'T LISTEN TO ME MOST OF THE TIME. IT IS SO EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO LIVE WITH THIS OUT OF CONTROL BODY. I HATE THAT I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER MY BODY. I AM PERCEIVED TO NOT BE INTELLIGENT BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE I FLAP, MAKE VOCAL NOISES, MAKE LITTLE EYE CONTACT, I DON'T SPEAK WITH MY MOUTH OR LAUGH AT THE RIGHT TIME. THIS MEANS THAT I HAVE A BRAIN AND BODY DISCONNECT. IT IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND NOW THAT I RPM TO EXPRESS MYSELF. I CAN TALK ABOUT THINGS RELATED TO AUTISM AND I CAN TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE REAL AUTISM. AUTISTICS HAVE THINKING MINDS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I AM HUMAN TOO. I JUST CAN'T TALK WITH MY MOUTH.<br />
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Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-37090012611428490672016-01-16T14:51:00.001-08:002016-01-17T18:24:14.711-08:00The Kithener Rangers Game<p dir="ltr">I WENT TO MY FIRST OHL GAME. IT WAS THE KITCHENER RANGERS VS KINGSTON FRONTENACS. I HAD A FANTASTIC TIME WITH MY DAD, MOM AND BIG SISTER HAILIE. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS THE CROWDS CHEERING ON THE RANGERS WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM AND MUCH TEAM SPIRIT. THE KITCHENER RANGERS WON DESPITE A GREAT EFFORT OF DEFENSE BY KINGSTON. THE RANGERS PLAYED A GREAT GAME. I AM HAPPY I COULD ATTEND THE GAME WITH MY FAMILY. I AM GOING TO PLAY HOCKEY NEXT YEAR. I AM PRACTICING HOW TO SKATE WITH MY MOM. I PLAN ON TO ATTEND ANOTHER OHL GAME AGAIN. MY GOAL IS TO JUMP THE WALL LIKE THE RANGERS DO AND TO ATTEND A NHL GAME. NATURALLY I WILL CHEER FOR THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS AND DETROIT RED WINGS</p>
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IN THE FOREST I CAN RUN.<br>
IN THE FOREST I CAN WALK.<br>
IN THE FOREST I CAN YELL. <br>
IN THE FOREST I CAN CLIMB.<br>
IN THE FOREST I CAN THINK.<br>
IN THE FOREST I CAN DREAM. <br>
IN THE FOREST I CAN PRACTICE. <br>
IN THE FOREST IS MY HAPPY PLACE. <br>
I LIKE THE FOREST. </p>
Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-46296125458720925572015-11-26T06:47:00.001-08:002016-01-16T14:51:08.543-08:00SNOW<p dir="ltr"></p>
<p dir="ltr">SNOW IS FRESHLY NEW.<br>
BEAUTIFUL SNOW WHITE VIEWING.<br>
MAKE MY EYES SPARKLE. <br>
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Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-11067302812856818052015-11-25T13:43:00.000-08:002015-11-25T19:23:48.442-08:00DEAR AUTISM MOMS<p dir="ltr">DEAR AUTISM MOMS</p>
<p dir="ltr">I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD THAT YOUR CHILD HAS AUTISM.  IT IS A GIFT TO HAVE AUTISM.  YOUR CHILD IS SO INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT THAT EVERYONE WILL BE JEALOUS.  YOU HAVE BEEN HAND PICKED TO HAVE YOUR SPECIAL AUTISTIC CHILD.  IT MAY SEEM LIKE A CURSE BUT IT IS NOT.  A SPECIAL, DEVOTED, CARING, BEAUTIFUL, FANTASTIC MOMS AND DADS DESERVE A CHILD WITH AUTISM.  THERE ARE SO MANY AUTISTIC'S THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE.  I WAS ONE OF THOSE AUTISTIC'S.  I WAS IN A SILENT PRISON IN HELL.  I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE IN IT FOREVER.  I HAD NO WAY OF ESCAPING.  I WAS MISUNDERSTOOD EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF MY 7 YEARS OF MY LIFE.  IT WAS HELL ON EARTH.  GOD BLESS MY PARENTS HEARTS.  THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT AUTISM.  THEY WERE PLAYING THE GUESSING GAME ALL THE TIME WITH ME.  I REMEMBER SCREAMING IN MY HEAD NO THAT'S NOT IT.  BUT MY BODY WOULD DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.  THEY WOULD GUESS RIGHT ACCORDING TO MY BODY BUT WRONG TO MY MIND.  BUT THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT I HAD A BRAIN AND BODY DISCONNECT.  THAT WAS SO DEPRESSING AND I HAD GIVEN UP ON A HAPPY LIFE. <br>
IT WASN'T UNTIL MY MOM STARTED TO RESEARCH RAPID PROMPTING METHOD(RPM).  WE TRAVELED TO AUSTIN TEXAS IN DECEMBER 2014.  I ATTENDED SOMA'S HALO CAMP.  THAT FIRST DAY AT HALO CAMP CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.  I COULD FINALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO A MEANINGFUL LIFE.  A DREAM I HAD ALWAYS DREAMED.  I THOUGHT IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE.  I WAS SO THANKFUL FOR MY AMAZING PARENTS TO HAVE HELPED ME FIND MY VOICE AND TO HAVE NEVER GIVEN UP HOPE ON ME. <br>
MY MOM HAS ENDURED SO MUCH HURT TRYING TO HELP ME WITH MY AUTISM.  NO MOM SHOULD HAVE TO FIGHT SO HARD FOR THEIR CHILD TO BE ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY.  IT IS NOT FAIR.  BUT I AM HAPPY TO HAVE A WARRIOR AUTISM MOM LIKE MY MOM.  I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE WARRIOR AUTISM MOMS OUT THERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR KIDS.  THAT MAKES ME HAPPY THAT THOSE KIDS HAVE WARRIOR MOMS AND WARRIOR DADS LIKE I HAVE. <br>
RPM HAS CHANGED MY LIFE COMPLETELY.  I AM NOW BEING TAUGHT INTERESTING THINGS AT MY HOMESCHOOL AND AT SCHOOL AS WELL.  I CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  I AM ADVOCATING FOR MYSELF.  I AM FINALLY A HAPPY BOY.  I LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE THAT I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE.  I HAVE A BEST FRIEND, FOX.  HE IS SO UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTS ME FOR ME.  YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER FRIEND THAN HIM. <br>
I HOPE YOU MOMS TAKE HOME ONE THING FROM TODAY. <br>
TO NEVER GIVE UP HOPE, THAT YOUR AUTISTIC CHILD HAS A THINKING MIND, THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON AROUND THEM, THEY ARE SO INTELLIGENT AND THAT THEY ARE SAD THAT THEY CAN'T EXPRESS THEMSELVES OR COMMUNICATE. <br>
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CAROLINE AND YOU AUTISM WARRIOR MOMS FOR TAKING TIME TO COME HERE AND TO HEAR FOX AND I SPEAK. <br>
WE ARE ON A MISSION TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT RPM AND HELPING OTHER AUTISTIC'S FIND THEIR VOICES TOO. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Here is the link to Fox's speech</p>
<p dir="ltr">http://foxtalkswithletters.blogspot.ca/2015/11/amazing-day.html?spref=fb&m=1</p>
Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-106282866452364622015-10-24T17:47:00.001-07:002015-10-24T17:51:09.313-07:00GUSTO MY SERVICE DOG<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I
WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO HAVE A SERVICE DOG FOR MY AUTISM. MY
PARENTS FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION FOR ME TO GET AN AUTISM SERVICE DOG. WE HAD TO GET MY DOCTOR TO SIGN A FORM THAT
HE THOUGHT I WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING A SERVICE DOG. NEXT WE HAD TO WAIT FOR AN ACCEPTANCE FOR MY APPLICATION. ONCE I WAS ACCEPTED I WAS PUT ON THE
WAIT LIST. THEN THE TRAINERS FROM NATIONAL
SERVICE DOGS (NSD) CAME OVER TO MY HOUSE TO INTERVIEW MY FAMILY AND I. THEY BROUGHT OVER A SERVICE DOG IN TRAINING
NAMED ROSEBUD. SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND
WELL BEHAVED THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF MY OWN. FINALLY I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL MY NAME CAME UP
ON THE WAIT LIST. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">IN
FEBRUARY 2013, I WAS GOING TO GET MY OWN SERVICE DOG IN THE SPRING. I WAS SO EXCITED BUT I COULDN’T EXPRESS
MYSELF OR COMMUNICATE. I AM A NON VERBAL
AUTISTIC BOY. MY PARENTS WANTED A
SERVICE DOG FOR ME BECAUSE I WOULD RUN AWAY FROM THEM IN A STORE OR ANYWHERE IN
THAT MATTER. YOU SEE I HAVE A BODY THAT
DOESN’T COOPERATE WITH ME ALL THE TIME AND IT LEAVES ME SO FRUSTRATED AT
TIMES. A BRAIN AND BODY DISCONNECT THAT
MANY AUTISTICS KNOW ALL TOO WELL. NSD
CAME BACK TO MY HOUSE FOR A FOLLOW UP INTERVIEW. THIS TIME THEY BROUGHT NSD GILLIGAN. I WAS SO HAPPY THAT MY TIME WAS COMING UP. MY PARENTS WENT AWAY FOR TEAM TRAINING SO I
COULD RECEIVE MY SERVICE DOG. MY PARENTS
FACE TIMED MY SISTERS AND I TO SHOW US MY SERVICE DOG. HIS NAME IS NSD GUSTO. I LOVED HIM FROM THE VERY SECOND I SAW
HIM. WHEN MY PARENTS BROUGHT GUSTO HOME
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT THIS DOG IS GOING TO BE LIFE CHANGING FOR MY FAMILY
AND MYSELF. WHEN I GOT TETHERED TO GUSTO
FOR THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE? THE FEELING OF BEING GROUNDED AND KNOWING
WHERE MY BODY IS ALL THE TIME IS SUCH AN AMAZING FEELING. I HAVE PRESSURE FROM MY BELT THAT I AM
TETHERED TO GUSTO. WHEN I FEEL MY BODY
DRIFTING GUSTO WILL BRING ME BACK. THAT
IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT GUSTO DOES FOR ME. GUSTO ELIMINATES ANY ANXIETY THAT I HAVE JUST
BY BEING WITH ME. HE MAKES ME FEEL
SAFE. HE IS A LIFE SAVER. GUSTO IS MY ONLY CONSTANT IN MY LIFE. HE IS SUPPOSE TO GO EVERYWHERE I GO BUT THIS
PAST SUMMER HE INJURED HIS LEG. HE
REQUIRED TPLO SURGERY. HE GOT A PLATE
AND SOME SCREWS IMPLANTED IN HIS LEG TO REPAIR HIS INJURY. HE WAS THEN PUT ON CRATE REST. WHEN GUSTO GOT INJURED I FELT I HAD LOST MY LIFE. HE WAS MY FREEDOM, MY CONSTANT, MY BFF, MY
LIFELINE TO BEING APART OF THIS WORLD AND I HAD LOST HIM FOR A MOMENT. WE SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS WITHOUT BEING ABLE
TO WORK TOGETHER. THAT WAS SUCH A DIFFICULT
TIME IN MY LIFE. I WAS SO WORRIED THAT
GUSTO WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO RETURN BACK TO WORKING WITH ME. I HAD SUCH A TERRIBLE TIME COPING WITHOUT MY
GUSTO. THE SIMPLEST OUTING WOULD BE SO
DIFFICULT FOR ME. I WOULD BE JUMPING
AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE, MY VERBAL STIMS WERE OUT OF CONTROL, I FELT UNSAFE
AND OUT OF CONTROL WITH MY WHOLE BODY.
IT WAS SO STRESSFUL GOING OUT IN PUBLIC THAT I WAS HAVING ANXIETY
ATTACKS MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. I WAS
DREADING EVERY OUTING. ALMOST EVERYTIME
I WAS PANICKING. IT WAS EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT TO LIVE LIKE THAT BUT MY SAVING GRACE WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO EXPRESS
AND COMMUNICATE BY RAPID PROMPTING METHOD (RPM). I TRAVELED TO AUSTIN TEXAS TO SEE A LADY
NAMED SOMA. SHE TAUGHT ME AND MY PARENTS
RPM. I SPELL OUT MY THOUGHTS AND I TALK
WITH LETTERS USING A LETTER BOARD. I
COULD TALK TO MY PARENTS ABOUT MY ANXIETIES USING A LETTER BOARD. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">AT
LAST GUSTO HAD HIS POST OP APPOINTMENT AND HIS X RAY. HE IS COMPLETELY HEALED AND HE CAN GO BACK TO
WORK. I WAS SO RELIEVED THAT HE WAS
HEALED. I FELT LIKE I GOT MY LIFE
BACK. I MISSED HIM SO MUCH ESPECIALLY
WHEN I AM TETHERED TO HIM. I FEEL LIKE I
AM BACK TO MYSELF. I LOVE HIM WITH MY
WHOLE HEART. I HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO NOT
WORK TOGETHER AGAIN UNTIL HE IS RETIRED.
I WILL GET ANOTHER SERVICE DOG.
THEY DEFINITELY MAKE LIFE WITH AUTISM MORE EASIER. </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-32610632149529182422015-10-20T16:32:00.001-07:002015-10-20T16:33:32.377-07:00Language <p dir="ltr">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc&feature=youtu.be</p>
<p dir="ltr">WOW THAT WAS A STRONG MESSAGE TO GET PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE EXPECT OUR CULTURE TO DETERMINE WHAT LANGUAGE WE ACCEPT.  <br>
ALMOST EVERYONE IS MOUTH SPEAKING BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THAT ARE NOT.  <br>
WE AS A SOCIETY NEED TO ACCEPT NON SPEAKING MOUTH TALKERS.  WE NEED TO HELP THEM FIND THEIR VOICE, AS WELL AS MOUTH TALKERS NEED TO FIND THEIR VOICE.  </p>
<p dir="ltr">NO MORE JUDGING <br>
NO MORE DISCRIMINATION <br>
NO MORE TALKING FOR THEM<br>
NO MORE HELL IN THEIR SILENT PRISON<br>
NO MORE FEAR </p>
<p dir="ltr">JUST LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE IS ALL WE NEED AND A VOICE.  </p>
Life With Braydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094429380883596809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245663886056647232.post-89337601166440934412015-09-24T15:17:00.000-07:002015-09-24T15:17:05.013-07:00LAURA<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">HI MY NAME
IS BRAYDEN. I AM 8 YEARS OLD. I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL, KIND
HEARTED FRIEND, LAURA. I HAVE HAD THE
PRIVLEAGE OF HAVING LAURA IN MY LIFE FOR 5 YEARS. I FIRST MET LAURA AT A MOMS ADDRESSING AUTISM
SUPPORT GROUP. MY MOM ATTENDED THE
SUPPORT GROUP AND MY OLDER SISTER AND I ATTENDED THE KIDS GROUP. I WAS SO NERVOUS TO GO TO MOMS GROUP, BUT
THERE WAS A VOLUNTEER NAMED LAURA THAT MADE ME FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AND AT
EASE. SHE TALKED TO ME LIKE A REGULAR
PERSON. SHE MADE KIDS GROUP FUN. LAURA THEN BECAME MY RESPITE WORKER. WE WOULD GO TO THE PARK AND TO THE POND. I LIKED TO HANG OUT WITH LAURA. SHE WOULD TREAT ME LIKE I DIDN’T HAVE AUTISM
AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME. I NEEDED A
FRIEND AND SHE BECAME MY FRIEND. LAURA THEN
BECAME MY IBI THERAPISTS. I HATED IBI
THERAPY BUT HAVING LAURA COME TO MY HOUSE 3 OUT OF 5 DAYS MADE IT
BEARABLE. SHE KNEW I WAS SMART, FUNNY,
KIND AND I HAD SUCH A HARD TIME SHOWING WHAT I KNEW. SHE WAS ALWAYS SO ENCOURAGING AND
POSITIVE. NOW SHE IS MY RESPITE WORKER
AGAIN. I AM THRILLED THAT WE CAN STILL
SEE EACH OTHER. I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE
A WONDERFUL FRIEND NAMED LAURA. A PERSON
LIKE LAURA DESERVES TO BE HAPPY ALWAYS.
I WISH HER ALL THE HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND ERIC A LIFETIME OF JOY
AND HAPPINESS. LETS RAISE A GLASS AND
TOAST TO THE NEWLYWEDS. CHEERS. </span></div>
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