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Autism Tomorrow is Here Today!

At Long Last! Autism Tomorrow is Finally Here! At long last, Autism Tomorrow: The Complete Guide To Help Your Child Thrive In The Real World book is finally here! We’ve been working on it for two years and ever…
Showering Tips and Autism

As a child and teenager, I was terrified of showers. I didn’t take my first full shower until the summer before I went away to college, because I knew the dorms didn’t have baths. Everything about the showe…
An Asperger Adult Mom With An Autistic Child

My latest interview is with Carol Greenburg. She has the unique perspective of both an indiviual with autism and a mother of an autistic child. Here are the questions and answers from the interview. I enjoyed getting…
Ten Tips for Working With Autistic Employees

Focused. Meticulous. Dedicated. These adjectives could easily describe most autistic* employees. But Rigid, Neurotic, and Anti-social could potentially fit just as well. How do you accentuate the positive traits whi…
Why One Person's Vote Matters - One Voice Among Thirty

It's been a week since I announced that I was joining the review boards at Autism Speaks. Many of you supported me, but a few of you doubted my ability to exert much influence as the lone Aspergian on the board. In parti…
Autism is a Continuum - Temple Grandin on TED

Temple Grandin is very specific about how she describes autism, how to foster success in the autistic child, why the world needs people on the autism spectrum. Autism is a very big continuum, from severe (nonverbal) to b…
The Use of Zoloft and an update about NAET

I hate meds, especially meds with bad side effects. But Mike has been very anxious lately, even with the biomedical intervention supplements. So the doctor has prescribed zoloft–which so far as I know has minima…
NAET and Autism: A Personality Change!!!

I am now fully convinced that there is a huge link between the immune system and autism. My evidence: my daughter “Shannon’s” positive response to NAET, an allergy elimination treatment that has its roots in Chinese m…
Hurdle

From: Happy Aspies Here’s the deal. I am an optimist. I really do believe that everything works out somehow. I have my moments of negativity like anyone else, but I try not to live there. Lately, I’ve been living ther…
Defeated

From: Happy Aspies “I feel like such a failure,” Wolfie said to me this afternoon, crying giant tears following a meltdown after school. It is in these moments that I feel like I have failed him. What am I doing sendi…