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Autism: Year 10 in Review

2011 was a good year. Connor, now ten and a half years old, is becoming quite the accomplished young gentleman. He attended fifth grade in a general ed classroom without a para or teacher’s assistant. He completed…
Early Intervention Procedures Study

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released some encouraging news (see below) regarding studies on Early Intervention for children on the Autism Spectrum. Their studies are showing what many of us have already k…
Remembering how it all began

Learning more and more about the range of symptoms that make up Asperger's Syndrome and the ways that many of those are manifested in my son has been tremendously eye opening, and such a great relief. For the longest…
Autism Symptom Checklist by Autism Advisor

Autism Symptom Checklist - The Importance of Keeping an Autism Symptoms Checklist By: Autism Advisor Autism Symptom Checklist Autism is a neurological disorder that may lead to drastic damage at behavioral, communic…
2 Year Anniversary: Reflections

Today is the 2 year anniversary of Sahara’s formal diagnosis of Infantile Autism. I thought about writing about the huge accomplishments we have seen in the past 24 months… and let there be no mistake th…
Mom Bloggers Turn Their Backs on Autism

I am frustrated at the lack of support from the mom blogger community for Blogging For Autism on November 1, 2010. When I decided to do this, it was to get as many mom bloggers to post one article on November 1 to spre…
Is Early Autism Diagnoses Near?

Researchers seem to agree that early intervention for children diagnosed with autism is key to a better future for these children. Unfortunately, many families still remain in the dark much too long before autism is…
From Symptom to Diagnosis

I pretty much knew from birth that something was wrong. In fact, when I was in the fourth month of my pregnancy, my doctor noticed something of concern. My son was not developing normally in the womb. The concern was…
Tips for New Spectrum Parents

Dear autism, Do you remember how we started this journey? Mournful eyes, furtive glances, and furious scribbling on notepads marked the beginning of my diagnosis meeting in August of 2008. I had been to severa…
Autism Speaks Sends Tax Dollars Down the Toilet

I really didn't think it was possible to be this stupid. I mean, really stupid. This is our tax dollars at work here. Want to know where all that money that Autism Speaks raises is going? To stupid studies. Not to studie…