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Perspectives on Autism

Often, when reading blogs about autism spectrum disorders, I find sentences complaining about the impaired social skills; what should their kids become when it has impaired social skills? Likewise, the lack of or deve…
The First Responders for Autism

There’s nothing like a good Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) to identify a child with autism early, usually before anyone else! SLPs are often the first professionals to see a child with autism because th…
Moving on From THE Chair

One of the few pieces of equipment we've needed and used for James to help with his Autism Spectrum Disorder needs is this chair:
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…