About

General info:  I hope this site can be of use to other families of children with Angelman Syndrome.

Hello everybody!  Thanks for reading!  My name is Emilie, and I live in Michigan.  I’m married to my wonderful husband, D, since 1995.  We have four children, Madeline (1o yrs old), Cassidy (8 years old), Andrew (4 years old), and Jason (2 years old).

 I am a stay-at-home mom with a full time schedule of volunteer commitments.  My main interests are education, teaching through play, music, special education services, Angelman Syndrome, inclusive education/ inclusion, self-determination, early childhood development, augmentative communication.

If you would like to contact me, please do so through the ”leave a reply” section of this site.

Oh!

And please bookmark me!

As promised, a photo:

OK OK OK Don’t laugh that hard!

or  two! 

 Take two!

All right, stop laughing, regain your composure and finish reading!  : P

5 Comments

  • Post a picture already! « Emilie’s Blog
    April 4, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    [...] About Autism! Autism! Autism! [...]

  • Tonya
    April 9, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    Hi Emilie!! I am looking forward to reading more about your beautiful family and learning about Angelman Syndrome.

    Love lots!

  • Lisa Riso
    April 11, 2008 at 12:37 am

    Hi Emilie,
    thank you for sharing your experience with everyone and also for sharing some of the IEP goals. I have a 5 year old son and 4 year old daughter with AS. I also have a son who will be 2 at the end of the month. My oldest son will start kindergarten in the fall and I struggle with the IEP portion wondering if it is sufficient and attainable enough. thank you so much for sharing some of your goals. Friendship and independence are my main goals at the moment, oh, and social behavior is a big one.

    I look forward to checking back to this site in the future.
    Regards,
    Lisa

  • Sarah
    April 30, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    The words Angelman Syndrome were uttered to me for the first time today… I would love it if you could email me the exact tests that were done on your daughter, mine has had the initial DNA analysis which turned up normal but a neurologist today wants to look further into it. I want to make sure EVERY test for this syndrome is done, because it sounds SO MUCH like my little girl… the little girl who has never taken a picture without smiling since she learned how to smile, the little girl who they thought might have autism except for the fact she is so darn social… If you have a moment!

  • emiliem
    April 30, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    Hi Sarah.

    The sequence of tests to rule out Angelman Syndrome can be found here on Marc’s site:

    http://www.armyofangels.org/angeltest.htm

    I wrote a little bit about our diagnosis drama here:

    http://mcdj.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/getting-a-diagnosis/

    and specifically about the UBE3A mutation here:
    http://mcdj.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/ube3a-results/

    (make sure you read the comments, that’s where I posted some weblinks)

    I’m glad you found my blog! Please feel free to email me. If you’re not familiar with the Angelman Syndrome listserv, I can get the signup information to you.

    Best wishes to you and your daughter.

Leave a Reply