Every parent dreads leaving a child at day care, school or with family and friends if they’re throwing a temper tantrum or crying like her heart is broken. Know that separation anxiety in a child is very common – especially when a baby reaches the toddler stage – although some children experience anxiety sooner than […]
A few weeks ago we ventured all the way across town to another suburb where a new, very special, coffee house was opening. Special? Yes, because it is owned and run by mothers of adult children who have autism and special needs. I’ve included my own photos of our day out, but also 2 videos […]
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The National Association for Music Therapy was formed in 1950, and it brought music therapy mainstream. This was the root for the music therapy discovery. Using music as a cure for a person’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being has been used for centuries. However it was never referred to a professional science. Even though everyone […]
Nove is already taking 5 meds. A couple for mood stabilization, one for sleeping, and I don’t even know what the others are for right now. Despite that, we’ve signed up for a study for one more medicine. I’m crazy. I know. Several weeks ago our therapist handed me a paper about the study and […]
Winner of Learning Magazine‘s Teachers Choice Award, the first edition of 1001 Great Ideas has been a treasured resource in the autism community since 2004. Now, in this expanded edition, Ellen Notbohm (best-selling author of the revolutionary book Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew) and Veronica Zysk (award-winning author and editor of […]
A while back, I was asked to participate in a review of the online tool called My Job Chart. Marketing with Moms was offering a $10 gift card to anyone who participated and I figured we could use a new tool to keep our crazy household on track, plus, we love Target. Well, anyone who […]
Nove doesn’t want to go to school today. She started last night at bed time working herself up over not wanting to go to school today. I’m not sure what the change is. We thought it might be that she’s getting ill, or maybe the holiday coming up. Either way, she’s not going today. It […]
I got to a place where all I could see was darkness. Lack of consistency from my ex husband in his schedule threw me off and, consequently, threw off my girls too. I lost my grand father a few months back and it dredged up too many memories, both good and bad, that really did […]
Last year I had the mother of twins with autism on the radio show and while we touched on the rumor that there was a direct link between twins and autism, we didnt get too in depth. But, recently a new study says “There is a substantially higher risk of autism in identical twins as […]