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What do you love most about your child?

Awareness, I thought it would be neat to share some of the things we love most about our kids on the #autism spectrum.
Autism Behaviors are like an onion with lots of layers...

Spectrum Psychological's Dr. Rick Ellis, posted this graphic recently on our Facebook page. He wrote, "What you see is not what you get on the Spectrum. ASD kids are usually misidentified first as ADHD, then ODD, e…
Doctor Claims Autism Prevention Possible

I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Robert Melillo, an internationally known lecturer, author, educator, researcher and clinician specializing in the areas of neurology, rehabilitation, neuropsychology and neurobeha…
I Took On The Insurance Company and Won

I have finally got Gavin back into OT and Speech. Elliott will also be starting OT as well, only for the first time. We are still waiting on paperwork to go through for Emmett. This is a pretty big deal because I too…
The Hero's Journey

I decided to add this blog to all my reposting. While we as parents fret everyday how to make our children understand and help them conquer their disability, sometimes I think we may need to remember how brave they tru…
Poem: Puzzling out a path
Meltdowns, Seizures and Self-Injury

Today has been a really tough day for all those living within the 4 walls of the Lost and Tired household. Honestly, I’m just going to cut to the chase because I’m so tired and don’t want to drag this…
Greasing the palm of the flappy hand

I have discovered bribing....and I think I LIKE it. Praise heaven above, the Goddess, Santa and whatever higher power that makes Pixar movies crack for kids. Something that actually gets my son's attention!
Recognizing Bullying

I find that movies are great ground breakers for my son Cameron as he tries to learn and understand social situations. We try to point out who is sad, who is happy and why. This week, we watched ParaNorman for the fir…
Autistic Adults Bloggers

I would like to start by saying I'm an autism parent. I'm not autistic (are you surprised? yeah, me neither.) but I parent a 10 year old with autism. I have a view point that is necessary to be shared, I have things…