How autism is treated depends on who you are and who your kid is. After my daughter’s teacher told us to take her to a doctor to try and find out why her behaviors were the way they were, it took a while to find out what to do next. Our doctor said to take […]
What is Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, or PDD-NOS? It’s a form of Autism. Until this year when the DSM changes to remove PDD-NOS along with Asperger’s Syndrome, PDD-NOS has been a diagnosis for many kids with higher function that still display common traits of kids with Autism. The thing is, Autism is […]
My daughter has been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes! When the diagnosis first came, I had no idea how scary it is – how dangerous it is. Here is what I’ve found out, and what’s still confusing about the difference between Autism behaviors and Diabetes symptoms. What is type 2 diabetes? I’m a little angry […]
My struggle with chronic pain I grew up in a house where my mom had chronic migraines. Her dad had them too. They rendered her useless for days at a time. Sometimes it wasn’t as bad as others which meant she came out of her room and maybe saw me off to school or cooked […]
I think homework should be banned! School is hard enough now without the addes stress to both kids and their parents of trying to get hours worth of homework done. Throw in ADD or ADHD and it is not just a battle, but a war.
What have you done to help your kids with ADHD?
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 […]