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Two Down, One to go: IEP's and other things

It's been a crazy week. Crazy couple of weeks really... I think I've averaged about 4 hours of sleep a night. Finally got some rest last night but my brain is still fried, so here are some random updates:
ASD and being Bilingual

Although I was born here, I spoke Spanish first. My parents wanted me to speak Spanish so I would be able to speak to the family whom some lived in Mexico. It was fine, until I got to school. I was placed in ESL class…
Speech Delay's and the Annual Holiday

A speech delay can be a curious thing, for both the speaker and the listener. Around here, for the longest time, my youngest son has prefaced most of his remarks with the warm up phrase –‘I am be.’…
Sign Language Focusing on Autism

I am very excited to introduce a guest post for today. Misty is the chief editor of BabySignLanguage.comWhen Jaylen was non verbal at the age of a year we started using some simple signs. As he got older, yet still c…
He said Thank You!

Brandon captured my heart and I captured the sunset. Yesterday, I met my son, Brandon, at the beach, and then we went out to dinner. We sat on a bench watching the sun getting ready to set, and I brought a few healt…
"Deev wike da bwack sert." - Handwriting and Autism

Bitty has made some progress this summer with his handwriting. He pretty much couldn't write a couple of months ago (he could do his name but anyone outside of his family and teachers would not have known that's what…
Robots Helping Children With Autism

Interbots, Inc., a high-tech spin-off company associated with the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center has teamed up with the Autism Center of Pittsburgh to provide innovative robot-based thera…
Saying 'bye bye'

For almost two years we have been teaching HRH how to wave and say 'bye bye'. Yes, almost 2 years. He just hasn't been able to do it. It was something that particularly bothered me when he was about a year old. That a…
The Challenge of a Nonverbal Child

Raising a nonverbal child has it’s challenges. When that child is really young, and has not learned an alternative form of communication, it can turn into a nightmare for child and parent. I remember a nightmare…
Kyle Thomson & iPhone app for children with autism.

I got into the iPhone developing for my daughter Caitlyn with no real intention of selling the programs. She is on the autism spectrum, but is very high functioning (as in half her doctors say she is autistic, an…