Saturday's Workshop

Well it wasn't great. They had an expert on autism from Riley Children's Hospital speaking. The sad thing was that she wasn't a very good speaker and said NOTHING that I didn't already know. I'm finding that out a lot in my constant search for information that I rarely find out anything new.

Anyway, she used PowerPoint slides and basically read word for word everything they said. They didn't need an expert in the field to perform this task. Bubba Joe off the street could have done this presentation as well. I was disappointed.

I met Cassidy's teacher, Miss Cathy there. Cathy is a wonderful person and it was nice just to spend some time with her and discuss Cassidy.

During the first break in this workshop I had the most amazing surprise. I RAN INTO MISS JILL! She was Cassidy's teacher last year and she was so great with her. I mentioned earlier that she really pulled Cassidy out of her shell. I give her credit for putting my angel on the right path.

It takes a special person to even put out the kind of effort that was needed to make Cassidy participate in class. Jill was able to do that for her. Cassidy would talk about her all the time and whenever she would see Jill she would run to her with such joy.

Jill told me that she still thinks about Cassidy all the time. She said she could not see a toy duck without thinking of her. She was as happy to see me as I was her. I gave her my phone number and email address and I plan on getting her together with Cassidy soon. She will not believe the difference in Cassidy.

Cathy and I left the workshop early because she started have a reaction the perfume the woman next to us was wearing. We went out for lunch and had a great conversation. So the workshop itself was a bit of a let down but seeing Jill and spending time with Cathy made it all worth it.

I've got some good people behind me and my daughter and I am so grateful.