Anthony's teacher found that she could keep him somewhat occupied by listening to music on a portable player, but only with the older style of headphones that fit up against the ears rather than in them. We will gladly take any suggestion that helps to manage him, so we bought him his own inexpensive MP3 player. We have loaded onto it a variety of songs, not knowing what he might like. I am guessing that he simply enjoys the sound in his ears. Nevertheless, it seems odd to see a low-functioning autistic boy listening to David Bowie's "Blue Jean".

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We received a new hair clipper set for Christmas, one with a vacuum feature that makes for easy disposal of the clippings. Today's attempt at cutting Anthony's hair was far more successful than my previous one, although I suspect my wife will succumb shortly to the urge to use scissors to trim the uneven spots.