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The New DSM Proposed Definition of Autism and What It Means to Us?

There’s been a lot of talk about how the upcoming DSM V definition of autism will affect people on the spectrum. Last week’s news stories really got people talking, especially when one doctors suggested…
Changes

We have had some really rough spots with the boys. Honestly, it wasn't too long ago that I was whining about this very issue. The past year and half we have been overwhelmed with appointments after appointment. From O…
Christmas and Autism: Things to be Grateful For

This time of year is so hard for us, I’m sure many folk with ASD are struggling also (please don’t say it is just us). The seasons have changed, the weather is getting much colder (making it harder to sleep…
Testimonials Are Not Suited For Treatment Guidance

Parents and relatives go on a fact finding mission to get advice from people with Autism Spectrum Disorder who are accomplished. We try to glean an understanding of the disorder. Since autism is now so prevalent, eve…
"Thanks" to the Neighbor Giving Out Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans

Thanks friendly neighbor for giving my ADHD, ASD, OCD boys chocolate covered coffee beans… either they are for me, then AWESOME! I love you! Or you can’t read Spanish, in which case you are an idiot for bu…
Study finds that having ancestors that had mercury poisoning increases risk of Autism

Ancestry of Pink Disease (Infantile Acrodynia) Identified as a Risk Factor for Autism Spectrum Disorders Source - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15287394.2011.590097?journalCode=uteh20 Abstract Pink disease…
Video: Dealing with a Meltdown

I have alot of new readers so I would like to preface this video with a few things. As a father to 3 boys on the Autism Spectrum, my wife and I have been dealing with meltdowns for over a decade. For a very long time…
Sensory School Supply Shopping

Now that the school year is drawing in close, it's time to get school supplies for many of us. As we do this, I wonder how many of us are on the watch for things that are "sensory friendly"? I'm not necessarily talkin…
Perhaps You Can Relate?

As David’s mother watches her two-year old sleep, she often fears that “that tomorrow could be the day that autism will take more away of him and less will be there when he wakes.” For this mother, au…
Alphabet Soup

It started with the drain. A couple of weeks ago, Ryan became obsessed with yanking the drain stopper out of the bathroom sink. We kept telling him to leave the drain alone, but that made him all the more insistent t…