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Thank You Mother Goose

Back when Heidi was first diagnosed in 2007 we were on long wait lists for early intervention services. While we waited Heidi was placed in a ‘Mother Goose Music Program for Children with Developmental Delays&rsqu…
Positivity is Powerful

A pretty exciting thing happened to me yesterday. I was contacted by a reporter for the “Weekly News” which is part of the D C Thomson & Co (a Glasgow Newspaper and media group) lovely guy interv…
Melancholy Birthdays

This post has been playing on my mind all week. the wording,the structure. How I can make it not sad or melancholy. How I can make the post happy and upbeat. It's a birthday I should be so happy to have a healthy chil…
Allergies: Different Scales Give Different Results

Allergies. The farther we dig, the more we find as commonalities between our kiddos. Autism inevitably goes hand in hand with Sensory Processing Disorder. Depending upon the end of the spectrum, Developmental Delays mig…
Developmental Delays

For several years, I worried about my son’s hearing. We had noticed at around 1 year old, that he wasn’t responding to sounds. At the time, there were a lot of issues to deal with. We were switching doctors.…
Don't call him the R-word.

The R-word, standing for retarded, has recently joined campaigns to end other incorrect uses of words demeaning to certain groups. In the same vain as using “gay” to describe something unfair, “ret…
From Finding Nemo to Shrek 3

One happy day a long time ago, when life appeared a lot less complicated, I sat in my cinema seat enjoying “Finding Nemo” with all the special effects that make a cinema visit so special. Beside me, my…
Appointments

When we first noticed signs of autism in Pudding, we panicked. We were three weeks away from moving to an isolated Spanish-speaking country that offered very limited support to children with developmental delays.…
Violence in the doctors office.

Ava is not an aggressive child at all. She is quite the opposite. She has never hit anyone or anything. She never really pushes anything away with force. She is a very affectionate child with a calm, tranquil deme…
Recognizing Early Warning Signs of Autism

In recent years, autism has either become more prevalent in young children, or it has simply become more widely reported. Whatever the case, the rise in awareness may make a big difference in the lives of untold chil…