As we’re all anxious for Spring to start, Dave and I thought it would be funny to do a comic strip on a “What If” scenario. Here’s the back story on the most recent comic strip.
Dave and I had gone out to check our garden and see if any of the bulbs were coming up. Trying to get him to understand a humorous situation, I said “Wouldn’t it be funny if the flowers just popped up fast!”
Although with these recent freezing temps, I’m hoping our hard work doesn’t go to waste.
As most of you know, David has autism. It often creates difficulty in understanding social situations. We’re developing a series to help bridge the gap with social situations. Using the comic strip format that David has become accustomed to, we’re using a simple 3-panel explanation to reinforce certain ideas that David lives through.
This first series we’re working on is “What To Do When Friends Come to Visit”. We’re working on several comic strips to further this, but so far the ones we’ve created have worked beautifully.
Here we see Dave and his friend Mrs. R, who comes to visit from time to time. They’re taking pictures of one another. So having drawn out the scenario first, it helped that visit go much smoother.
A special thanks to Mrs. R who dedicates so much time to our friendship. We’re so lucky to have you around!
As many of you know, David had landed a job to illustrate a comic strip for a monthly newsletter of a local business. January’s edition was published earlier this week! Dave was given the assignment, and got right to work.
I published the comic strip under the Fun Facts tab, so be sure to check out the page to get all the extras.
Dave’s been hard at work as you may have seen all the new material (The new Comic Strip, Joke Gallery & the new Coloring Pages) we’ve posted the past few days.
Here’s a quick video of Dave working on some new artwork for the joke gallery. You’ll notice he has headphones on as he’s listening to Mozart while he works. He narrates the joke, and if you’ve seen the artwork in the Joke Gallery, you’ll understand this…It’s dedicated to Mr. Butler. Thanks Mr. B for all your hard work, not just in math, but you always “got” Dave. A special thanks also to Mrs. Raye, who worked diligently with Dave in his math class for many years.
Dave working on a joke
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As we enjoy the last day of 2013, I can’t help but reflect on how amazing this year has been. It certainly had been a year of adjustments, growth, discovery and challenges. I found myself a bit lost over the holidays having broken from our normal routine. It was good to let go of the daily hectic agenda, and maybe reset my clock so that I can start the new year’s daily routine with less hype. I had been asked on several occasions if I had drank too much coffee as I just had so much to get done, I couldn’t help but be over-wired.
Looking to the New Year, I’m hoping we will get a final decision from the DDD on how they’re going to support David’s self-directed program. I’ve been managing on my own till now (with the support of our awesome crew), but I’d like to get a few things in order and put a few people on the payroll.
Plans for the new year include:
There are a few other things that we have lined up, but too soon to talk about. I guarantee they’re very exciting! For now, we’ll leave the list as is.
There’s a lot of work ahead, and through all that I still have plans on how I can offer a variety of things for Dave to do. Once the weather starts to warm up, we’ll also have the benefit of outdoor activities, like riding his new bicycle that he got for Christmas, continuing to work on his frisbee skills, and working on his getting a few baskets in at the local township basketball court. Until then it looks like Candy Crush, reading books, puzzles and a few other games will have to suffice for free time activities. I’m sure Dave will be happy about that as he prefers to stay inside.
To everyone who showed such incredible support and participated in helping us reach our Facebook goal, I offer my sincerest appreciation. Thank you so very much for the supportive e-mails, for continuing to come back to the website, as well as forwarding and telling your friends and family about our efforts here.
Our sincerest best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year! ~ The PuppyDucks Mom