I enrolled Jessie in a Special Needs Art Class at the Rec Center and today was the first day. I told her last night she was going to an Art Class and she got very upset until I changed the title to "Craft" Class. That made a difference, as she loves doing crafts.I've been very skeptical of letting her do an art class because she is tactile sensitive, which means throw up time. I wondered if she might have outgrown some of these sensations, so we're giving it a try.
Debbie took Jessie's apron and an extra change of clothes but she didn't need them. Debbie said that she was smacking her lips (next would be gagging then vomiting) but never even gagged. Amazing since there was a plate with about an entire cup of glue that she had to dip items in to paste them to her project board. Shaving cream, whipping cream, paint, glue - these are all triggers for her. Especially if it gets on her hands. Next week she finishes her project. One class down - 5 to go.
I had to attend a mandatory class at the DHS (Department of Human Services) for Home Help. Beginning soon, all Medicaid recipients MUST be on-line and nothing will be done by paperwork. I have to do daily recording of what I do for Jessie. Remember my aversion to paperwork? Now it will have to be done on the computer.
The letter I received said that it would be first-come, first-served basis and that the time was 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Naturally I assumed it was a 3-hour class, as did most of the people attending. I was done in 10 minutes. Want to know what I did? I got in to my e-mail, went to the State of Michigan Web Site for Home Help and made a user name and password. DONE. That was it. They made it mandatory for people to come and sit at a computer and create these 2 items that could have easily been done at home. Absolutely ridiculous. We even had to be escorted out of the building by a guard. Good job, State of Michigan !!!
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