Meet Our Family
My name is Joy and I am a stay at home mom of four children. Here is a photo of me:
My wonderful husband Glen, he’s a super awesome computer genius who I love with all my heart. We got married on September 25,2001:
Sanura is our oldest child.Sanura is 9 years old and is in the 4th grade. She enjoys reading, playing on the wii, drawing,swinging at the playground, listening to music and swimming in the summertime.
Adrian is in first grade and he is six years old. Adrian is in a special needs class with children in grades K-5, there are six children and three teachers. Adrian was diagnosed with autism in April of 2006. Adrian enjoys superheros, especially Spiderman.
His language is developing, we have a long road a head but I am confident he will continue to move forward and amaze us everyday. He is a ray of sunshine to me.
Nevaeh is 4 years old. Neveah loves everything girly including princesses, ponies, Jewelry, & having people admire her. She is our feisty, talkative, little princess. Nevaeh started preschool this year!
Lincoln is two years old! He enjoys picking on his siblings, following his mommy around the house, and driving toy cars around. He’s getting to be a big boy way too fast for his mommy’s taste!
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I am contacting you on behalf of Angela McKeller and the Kick Back Kook internet radio program. Angela is in the process of publishing a cookbook, has a radio show and recently appeared on the Paula Dean Cooking show. We are doing a radio show on Children w/ Autism and food Allergies. I feel you would be an excellent guest. This is a one hour internet radio program which you can dial into from any telephone line. I will email you a vegan recipe for you to prepare and on the show, Angela will interview you to get your opinion on the recipe. Please let me know if you are interested. You can check out Angela’s web site at:
http://www.kickbackkook.com
I look forward to hearing from you.
My email is: rita.stephenson@mynumbertwo.com
Sincerely,
Rita
1 Rita Stephenson said this (April 16, 2008 at 4:05 pm)
Great pics of the family. My wife and I have two kids on the spectrum so we know what you go through, daily. My boys, Michael and Jack, are 6 and 5, respectively.
We recently created a new product to help with social delays. Take a look at it and give us some feedback.
Good luck to you and your kids.
Dave
2 Dave Gallo said this (August 24, 2008 at 10:05 am)
Thanks for visiting the site. I will check out your product! Good luck to you all as well.
3 Joy said this (August 24, 2008 at 9:19 pm)
What a beautiful family! I noticed that you had left a comment on a blog and had asked where to find play groups. I’m not sure about play groups, but I’m involved with a mother’s group called MOPs- Mothers of Preschoolers. I meet with other moms while our children are cared for by volunteers at my church. Infants come in with their moms. You may want to see if your area has a MOPs group. You may be able to find one nearby, because MOPs is an International organization. I have a link to the MOPs website on my blog page- God’s Shining Stars. You can find it on godsshiningstars.blogspot.com. I hope that this is helpful. Blessings!
4 Jen said this (August 30, 2008 at 6:02 am)
Thank you Jen, I appreciate it!
5 Joy said this (September 1, 2008 at 9:44 pm)
Hi Glen and Joy,
What a gorgeous family. I can now put faces to all of you. When I look at all these it makes me miss mine when they were this age…:(
It goes by way too fast guys, so enjoy it!
Thanks for sharing all this.
Donna
6 Donna said this (September 2, 2008 at 8:08 am)
Hi Joy
I was reading your blog really enjoyed your writing style and honest approach. Your halloween pixs look real cute. I thought that I would reach out since you are in our speech and OT product world and are probably looking for new products that weren’t made in the 70’s! First, a proper introduction, My name is Tom from Goosie Cards. We developed the first and only customizable flash card on the market. You are able to upload your own photos and text and we create high quality, commercial laminated flash cards. If you have ever used Snapfish or Shutterfly, you will be right at home making Goosie Cards.
Not that I’m trying to sell you, but everytime we work with a school or meet parents at walks, they always tell us “I wish I heard about you a month ago!” Since you have such a great readership, I wanted to make you aware of who we are and what you can do with our cards. We have had such a response from the autistic community that we created a full curriculum for schools and offer big discounts for anyone that is effected. We support all the Autism Speaks walks in our area (NJ/NY) and have participated in gift baskets that local chapters have organized all over the country. The response from parents has been unbelievable and we are so proud that we offer a product that helps their children.
I would love to send you some custom cards if you would like to check them out and use them in the real world. The only thing I ask is if you love them to help spread the word.
Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions. Keep up the amazing work!
Best Regards,
Tom
7 Tom Stein said this (November 2, 2008 at 8:51 pm)
Hello Joy,
I have been reading your blog for sometime now and wanted to share some information that might be helpful to you and your family. The company that I work for, b-Calm, developed an AudioSedation technology for children and adults with Autism. Environmental noises can be very painful to these people, this is what causes some of the “lashing out” of many children. The b-Calm system blocks out these noises allowing the user to take control of the environment around them.
What the b-Calm unit is an mp3 player preloaded with 4 AudioSedation tracks. These are what allows the user to take control of the environment. They are able to put the headset on and find a relaxing environment.
I’m not sure if you would be interested in a product like this but I discussed it with my coworkers and we will send you a free unit if you will do a product review on your blog or write one for our blog.
Our site is http://www.b-calmsound.com You will be able to find more information and testimonials of those who have used this product.
I’m sorry I had to write this in a comment, I was unable to find your e-mail or contact information.
Sincerely,
Abby
8 Abby said this (August 10, 2010 at 10:02 am)