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Stopping Your Autistic Child from Hitting

Although autism mainly centers on the inability to effectively communicate (because those with autism do not process or filter information in the same way), a fairly common hallmark of the condition is the additional…
It's always his birthday

Martin has a hard time recognizing that other people have birthdays. Whenever we tell him about a celebration for someone else's big day, he insists that it is actually his birthday. In fact, when we told him that Chri…
Dilemma

James is currently fixated on playing as much of his Caillou game CD ROM as possible. I know that bad things happen to his temper if he's allowed to play it for too long. On the other hand, he sings along, talks more,…
Temporary Single Mother

As I sit at the Egg & I, enjoying possibly the first meal out alone in 7 years, I’m struck by just how tired I am. I mean, I’m tired. The kind of tired where you feel as though you’ve had a ton o…
Temple Grandin Movie

So, I saw the movie on television about Temple Grandin. WOW! My husband was actually the one watching it since I would rather play on the computer than watch tv. I was shocked that he was viewing something besides…
Vaccines - I just want to know

To be quite honest, I do not know where I stand on vaccines so please NO ARGUMENTS. I think we all need to be better educated about them. I think children get TOO many vaccines early in life. I am not sure if vacci…
Watching Wheels

Today was a gorgeous fall day so we took the kids for a walk in the wagon. On our walk we came across a mom and her son on their way to the playground. As soon as the boy caught sight of the wagon he came running ov…
Can't change an AS child's mind

This one goes back to when Dannie was in nursery school, we had our mothers day party at the nursery and all the kids and parents were all sitting around in a circle singing nursery rhymes, needless to say Dannie san…
Partners (in crime and love)

Martin and his sister have a volatile relationship. Full of love, full of frustration, and sometimes full of physical conflict. If he is Bert (the paperclip-collecting puppet on Sesame Street), then she is Ernie (the p…
Rethink Autism helps parents provide ABA therapy

Rethink Autism offers parents a more affordable way to provide ABA therapy for their autistic child. ABA(Applied Behavior Analysis) is considered to be one of the most effective ways of teaching a child diagnosed w…