For the love of Jake
My life with Jake, my autistic son, who is 33.
Episodes
34 episodes
Season one- episode 2: Jake’s past surgeries and update on his speech board
Here’s a little update on Jake’s past surgeries, his vagus nerve stimulator, and when he had a burst appendix. Also a little update on how he’s doing with the speech board! He’s getting there and he it. He&nb...
Season 2: Episode one -soundboard improvement
Jakey using his soundboard for a snack. In a great mood today! #AutismAwareness. I have no idea why this podcast turned upside down. lol.
Episode 32: tips for dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder
When this podcast, I am showing some more changes we’ve made to the house over the years to deal with Jake’s OCD, which usually comes along with autism. ussane, as well as keeping Jake safe. #Autism awareness.
Episode 31: update on the speech board
Here’s an update on the speech board for Jake. It takes a lot of repetition, but Jake is starting to understand a few of the characters on the board! He really likes The one that has the heart on itwhich says “I love you”...
Episode 30: I altered the speech board
We bought a speech board for Jake. I think the board was a little overwhelming so I put duct tape on top of some of the phrases so he can see the ones he likes the best. He loves the one that says I want to go out so I made it very easy for him...
Episode 29: speech board
We started a new speech board for Jake. We have tried this many times before, but Jake seems to be more interested in trying it now. It may be a little too overwhelming for him, so we are ordering the board with maybe only 10 or 1...
Episode 28: Jake missed me after I went to Atlanta
Episode 28: Jackie’s a happy boy today. I went to Atlanta for my mom’s birthday party for four days and he missed going to Circle K. Big smiles, a happy boy!
Episode 27: Atlanta trip for mom’s 90th birthday
Jake’s Grandma still shags like the best of them at 90! #autism awareness
Episode 26: the good, the bad and the ugly
The good is that Jakes frustrations were all internal. The bad is that Jake gets frustrated when susu is preparing her meal at a different time than normal. The ugly, if you have eyes in your head, is pretty obvious! But ...
Episode 25: Bath Day Rated G
Gave a bath to Jake today. As I said before this is rated G. 😂 gotta watch out and make sure the water isn't too hot when you wash his hair or he can get a little panicked! But he does love his baths! #autism awareness
Episode 24: Blue Eyes
Episode 24: Blue EyesMusic soothes the savage beast. 🥰
Episode 23: Meet Wally!
Wally, Jake’s second dad, trying to put together a new twin size bed! Lol.#autism awareness
Episode: OCD on steroids!
On top of autism, which very common, Jake has severe OCD. This is a video of Jake, watching his favorite movie Mickey and the beanstalk however, he only watches about three minutes of it and then I have to start it over again...
Episode: 21 Jakey, helping to clean out the closets!
Although I have posted a story about the closet debacle, I thought this one was pretty funny and I got Jake to help out a lot this time to clean up his OCD mess! 😵💫Some may think that I should try and stop this behavior, but with autism ...
Episode 20: Jamie, Jakey’s crazy 🐶
Jamie enjoying opening up a box from Amazon! He loves to be involved in everything we do, even when the box does not have bones! #autismawareness
Episode 19: The Doctor’s office
Jakey’s visit to his neurologist regarding his seizures. Pretty good day considering he doesn’t like going to the doctor. He even gave Dr. Gill a hug and a kiss at the end of the appointment! 🤭 #Autism awareness
Episode 18: Grandma Susu at therapy
A little peek into Jake’s grandma’s life. Sue Sue, as she is called by all her grandchildren, is at physical therapy trying to shoot some hoops susu has Alzheimer’s and she is almost 90! She’s doing good and looking great! She doesn’t like bein...
Episode 17: Mickey and the Beanstalk
Jakey wants his movie, Mickey and the beanstalk, his favorite! He’s in a happy mood today! #autism awareness
Episode 16: The Sunrise approach
On this episode, I am describing one of the methods I used with Jake to improve his eye contact. It is called the sunrise method. Jake has always loved songs and so I used songs to improve his eye contact. It was&nbs...
episode 15: the haircut
First I get cheeky, dressed and ready to go for a car ride and then I try to cut a little bit of his hair before he leaves. It always makes it easier to cut when he knows he’s about to go for a car ride. He is much more patient when he knows so...
Episode 14: Grandma susu
This is Jake‘s grandma, susu. She will be 90 in April. We all live together. Carla, you asked to see my mom, here’s a brief photo op. She is rather shy! See Sue was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s about three years ago, but she is doing great on her...
Episode 9: The Destroyer of homes Part 2
Part two of the destroyer of the homes… Showing areas of the house that Jackie has destroyed and what we have done to fix them to keep him safe and to keep our house from looking like a total wreck! If he didn’t know any better you would ...
Episode 12: My Favorite Things on Isle of Palms
Jake and I took a little trip to my favorite things on Isle of Palms to visit Bubba the parrot. Had a good time, but unfortunately, Bubba was away getting shots at the doctors office. lol. #Autism awareness.
Episode 11: False abduction call!
This is a crazy story about a woman who called the police and thought Jake was being abducted by Wally while driving in the car! While it was cool as a cucumber, even though three cop cars surrounded him and questioned him! #autism awareness