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Loss and Found: Dealing with Heartbreak

Say hello to "Sweetie". This is not the actual stuffed pet we have, but it is a picture of the one that Nathan has at home. Sweetie has been anthropomorphized into a living, breathing, meowing and licking pet. She sp…
MAJOR improvements this summer

Wow - Ashton's verbal communications are way up, considering his connectedness to YouTube and the TV. He's just making more sense, being more spontaneous and some of what he says, is downright hilarious! ex: he'll say…
Aspergers, Anxiety and Emotions Part 2

Part 1 is here. Next up in our series of emotion collages was ‘Loved’
"Can I Talk To You About Feelings?"

A couple of days ago, my wife and youngest child were out of town, leaving Cameron and I to play video games and spoil ourselves with treats. I’m not sure if it’s just because it was the two of us or if he…
"If I am Only For Myself What Am I"

If I am not for myself who will be for me; If I am only for myself what am I; If not now when?- Rabbi Hillel It is a Jewish tenet of faith to make the world in which we live a better place. It is called tikkun olam. D…
Volcanic Emotions

If you are familiar with Autism in the slightest, you’re likely familiar with the term “meltdown.” There is no specific definition for this in terms of an Autism behavior so I’ll give it a go: A…
Executive Decisions

If you have a child with special needs, you are undoubtedly no stranger to executive function issues. To say our kids struggle with planning, organization and emotional regulation is probably the understatement of t…
‘You never really realize what you’re missing, until you’re missing it.’

‘You never really realize what you’re missing, until you’re missing it.’ I split time with my daughters’ father. And it is one of the hardest things for me to do. It has been this way for t…
Fear in Autism

My friend and fellow autistic author Temple Grandin said something at last week's autism conference that really got me thinking. She said, The principal emotion experienced by autistic people is fear. Temple went…
There is Empathy

Empathy, we hear it all the time that persons on the autism spectrum lack empathy for their fellow human beings. The"experts" have decided that our children can neither understand nor process emotions of others; that…