Before the duplicate set of text books even got returned to the school, summer was upon me!Make no mistake … summer for kids with ASD isn’t all filled with fun like they portray in the movies. Summer … in all its routine-changing, activity-laden, and worry-filled...
Do you have a Lego-Lover in your house?If so, you are one of the chosen (and no, this isn’t a commercial for Legos). That’s because Lego moms know something that others don’t know. Not that it is a diagnostic criterion of ASD, but many, many of us with kids on the...
We – the family of someone with autism – witness it all the time. And that’s exactly why we need a Witness Protection Program!The pain, the struggle, the hurt and the challenges our children, teens and young adults face when they have autism. Their world is not...
People often ask me, are there adults who never got diagnosed with ASD and what happens to them? My answer is that yes, there are many, many adults with ASD who have never been diagnosed. That includes people of all ages: seniors, those in middle age, young adults and...
Up until now, our dialogue about autism has been very one dimensional – FLAT. The idea that autism effects only the individual on the spectrum is as antiquated and the idea that the world is flat. As the days of hyper-focus on autism’s cause and cure seem to be...
