In the back of our minds is a thought about her future .... where will she live when we are gone? Who will look after her? Part of our thinking is to work toward a group home for several adults on the spectrum .... something designed for their specific needs ..... with space for a live-in carer. There would need to be an overall business structure to allow for group members to join and leave ..... it's a big topic.
On the good news front ..... we had an email last night from Anne-marie .... who was Kaylia's second aupair after Kaylia was diagnosed as being on the spectrum in June 2006. Anni came to stay with us from July to December 2007. Anni went on to study accounting and became a uni lecturer in the field. She now has a position at a uni in Melbourne and she will be moving to Australia again in the near future. So we will see some more of her!
Over the 12 years since Kaylia was diagnosed, there have been 30 aupair changes .... 42 people .... most single but many couples. Many of the people have a lasting place in our affections and overall it has been a very good experience to have had the extra household members.
4pm We've been to the meeting ... we are fortunate that the meetings are always good. This is the comments section at the end of her report.......
Evening:
I'm playing with a new toy .... a Chromebook! It's a laptop that uses the browser as the operating system ..... and so far it's very impressive. I don't think it's a total replacement for a Windows based computer ..... but it has some big pros to balance the cons. Among the pros is the instant startup. The whole package is sort of a cross between a tablet and a laptop..... interesting.
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