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Vacationing In Virginia With The Family
I had a nice weekend with my family. We went up to Virginia, and stayed in a small motel in Williamsburg. Originally, we were going to find a place to camp, but the motel was having a special. Only $35.99 a night. My… -
Your Autistic Child's Safety
Child Safety is an important issue for all parents. For an autistic parent, it can be difficult to assure our child’s safety. I asked Wendy Goldband, Co-Author of the book “Dangerous Encounters; Avoiding Per… -
Autism and the Use of Service Dogs
I conducted an email interview with Deanna Hall of Wilderwood Service Dogs. I found this interview to be very informative and hope that you do, too. Here are the questions and answers from the interview. -
Autism and The Benefits of Art Therapy
Submission date: 8/6/11 Original title: Art Therapy and Autism Art therapy has been a long established treatment for various mental disorders ranging from Bi-Polar to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. However, art thera… -
Online Education and Stay-at-Home Parents
Raising a child with autism especially early on is typically its own day job. You’re more than willing to care for your child as much as possible, even at the expense of your career or continuing education. That do… -
Roller Skating Fun and Being Normal
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of taking my kids to a birthday party at the roller skate rink. It was great. My husband and I took turns with the kids. Neither one of them knows how to skate. I would walk beside one a… -
Sick Son + Girl Scout Cookies Equals Dead Battery
It has been a crazy weekend. My son did good recovering from his biopsy, but came down with a stomach bug. At first, I thought it was a complication from the procedure. He was vomiting. A lot. I called the Pediatric Sur… -
Taking a Child with Autism to the Dentist
Teeth need to be taken care of no matter what. We all have to eat, and good oral hygiene is essential to a good quality of life especially when an individual is already burdened with a learning disorder such as autism.… -
Keeping the Combating Autism Act
Congress is currently considering whether or not to renew the Combating Autism Act of 2006 which allocated hundreds of millions of dollars toward institutions and programs that researched the autism spectrum and assist…

