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When Autism Services Are Lost
I spoke with all of you previously about Emmett’s speech therapy and occupational therapy being taken away by the insurance company.I have since appealed those decisions and am awaiting the results. However, yes… -
Starting PT (Physical Therapy)
Gavin begins PT (Physical Therapy) this afternoon. He desperately needs it. He seems to be loosing more and more muscle control and hopefully, he can slow the progression of this process by working on some of these a… -
What a Long, Strange Week Its Been
Another week down. Halleluiah. Is it school-time yet? This last one has been particularly rough. The Little Stinker has a camp, the Big Girl has a job to be driven to and I'm going to physical therapy. There's als… -
Living With Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD)
We've all read articles on Autisable about Autism and Asperger's, but I don't know if many of you know there is a higher functioning "version" of these disorders. It's called Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD). I was di… -
Knowing What We're Up Against
Moving to California gave us both a feeling of excitement and dread. We were in Colorado for a reason, i.e. getting away from the hustle and bustle of southern California and coming to cleaner air and open spaces. -
Treat your child but expect scrutiny
Treat your child but expect scrutiny. I know that sounds ridiculous. How could you expect scrutiny for trying to take care of your child? Let me tell you, it happens more than you might think. I've had a great deal of s… -
Hippo Therapy
Logan loves to tell the story of me leaning over to Michael during an autism meeting and asking "Where's the hippo?" The speaker was extolling the benefits of hippo therapy for children with autism. My ignorant self di… -
Working With the School: Really It Can Happen
One of the biggest issues facing our children happens to be that the educators charged with educating them do not know how. Most of them have been taught how to teach children with dyslexia, ADD, NVLD, processing issue… -
Some Autism Treatments Can do More Harm Than Good
I read a great article about how certain therapies and experimental treatments for autism can actually hurt your child. As a mother of a 10 year old autistic boy, I have tried a lot of different therapies and treatmen…
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