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The Hypothetical Cure Question....

"If I could snap my fingers and become non autistic, I would not - because then I wouldn't be me. Autism is part of who I am." Temple Grandin And that is how I see C. Autism is part of who he is. Therefore I have…
The Road Less Traveled: A Parental Journey

Now that you have that diagnosis, what do you do? You have heard the words autism spectrum disorder. You may have even been given the diagnosis pervasive development disorder or asperger’s syndrome. You have known for…
Disabled Children: Why are the numbers rising?

Thoughts from a parent of an asperger child: Even before my son was diagnosed with asperger sydrome 11 years ago, my colleagues and I had been discussing the rising numbers of disabled children we were seeing. As teach…
Diagnosis : A New Journey

The Lidster is now three and a half. Her speech is significantly delayed. On the emotional, social and play development scales, she is averaging 18-24 months. Her tantrums have not lessened. She has never had a bath…
Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Mo.....determining the Diagnosis

I've heard a lot of you out there talk about how you deal with Alphabet Soup -- kids handed down a variety of acronyms for multiple disorders. Well today, I'd like to introduce you to a new twist on this old favorit…
How Inclusive is Inclusion Anyway?

I'm thinking this may be a hot topic. Both sides present some very persuasive arguments. I guess I'd like to add mine to the fray, giving those out there a mother's view of what inclusion has meant to my son and fa…
Cast Out To Sea

When you find yourself with a child with autism, it feels something like being thrown into the water far out at sea. The safety and security of the known and familiar, is all at once out of reach, and you know that if…
Autism Diagnosis: An Intersection of Difficulties

Currently, early recognition and diagnosis of autism is becoming heavily emphasized (Shattuck et al, 2009), as the autism community sees better and better outcomes from early intervention therapy (Dawson, 2008). Expe…
Review On Booklet for Parents New to Autism

When my husband I walked out of the doctor's office with a diagnosis of "autism" for our middle child, I wish the doctor had handed me something like Same Child, Different Day, a booklet I've recently learned about. T…
Antibiotics Cause Autism? Pattern Seeking Behavior

We are a pattern seeking species. There was, long ago, a variation amongst some of our ancestors in their ability to recognize patterns. Variation being the impetus of evolution we began to slowly acquire this abilit…