HI, I'M JASON!

I have been writing about parenthood with two young special needs kids since I became a father in 2008. Jonny is now 15 and has a rare condition called Kabuki Syndrome. Jonah (10) was nonverbal and diagnosed with Autism in 2016. This blog is a chronicle of our special needs journey together. I mostly post my thoughts on Facebook, but you will also find those posts here.

We are an Ausome Family. We run on an abundance of coffee, loads of patience, a lot of love, and a “Touch of Ausome.”

Thank you for coming on this epic journey with us!

LATEST FROM THE BLOG

December 18, 2023

You guys. YOU GUYS!!!…

You guys. YOU GUYS!!! LOOK AT THIS!! Do you know how many HOURS of work with therapists, teachers, and specialists have gone into developing Jonah’s reading and writing skills over the years?? This is SO HUGE! This from Jonah’s teacher: “We…

Christmas 2008

January 1, 2009

Merry Christmas 2008!

Winter Wonder-Land?

December 22, 2008

Well here’s my obligatory snow pics. We probably got 7-9 inches total. But it is a layer of soft snow with a layer of…

Jonny without his cast!

December 22, 2008

Jonny is progressing well with his cast off. He LOVES kicking his legs around again, is much more content to be playing…

No more cast!

December 20, 2008

Pictures are coming soon. He did really well, once we got home. He screamed bloody murder while the cast was being cut…

Thoughts before bed…

December 14, 2008

"Whatever designer decided to put buttons on a baby's outfit (that you actually have to button up) has obviously never…

Teeth!!

December 11, 2008

I’m still trying to figure out how to upload photos easily on this new computer so this is gonna be short.…

New Pics & update

December 7, 2008

We are counting down the days until Jonny finally gets his cast off. December 19th at 1:20. T-minus 12 days and his 12…

That’s never good…

December 4, 2008

So an update on the computer... I thought that the power supply had blown, which would have been about $100 to fix but…

Here comes anta-Say, aus-Clay?

December 2, 2008

*Spoiler alert for the kiddies or those still young at heart* Ok, this blog was long in the making. Mama and I have…

A conundrum…

December 2, 2008

I haven't blogged much lately. Last week we had a power hiccup and when the power returned...my computer died. No, not…

I’m flying!

November 24, 2008

I was going to write a lengthy, yet witty blog about our happenings, but it is late already and I am resorting to a…

Need a 2nd opinion…or 3rd?

November 16, 2008

Jonny has been a little more fussy than usual for no particular reason and we noticed a slight discoloration on his…

Jonny’s Recasting

November 15, 2008

I am happy to say that I have nothing to really report about Jonny's recasting other than it went as expected. The…

A good day.

November 12, 2008

I've just read through my entire blog front to back and noticed that I tend to report more when things are not going…

Here’s to friends!

November 11, 2008

Thank you!! Yesterday was an absolute blast. Sunday and Monday we saw our good friends from college who are also…

An eventful day…

November 1, 2008

Well, today was certainly eventful. Jonny has miraculously switched his sleeping schedule to sleep from around 7:00pm…

New Pics…and old ones

October 27, 2008

Fall photos!

Honor Where Honor is Due