Does the Start of Summer Make You Want to Hide Under Your Hat?
Does the start of summer make you want to hide under your hat? Changes in routine can often present difficulties for those with ASD – even the changes that others wold see as fun or easy to adjust to, like the end of the school year. In This Article: Changes of...
What Lego Moms Know That Others Don’t …
Do you have a Lego-Lover in your house? Surprisingly, Lego-loving kids are something many families with an ASD child share. Legos are not only fun, but can be therapeutic and can be used to bridge a gap with your ASD child. In This Article: Lego LovingAppeal of...
Autism Needs a Witness Protection Program!
As a parent or therapist, do you ever experience pain in witnessing the struggles of an individual on the autism spectrum? Yes! We witness it all the time. And that’s exactly why we need a Witness Protection Program! We feel the pain, the struggle, the hurt and the...
The Plight of Undiagnosed Adults with ASD
People often ask me, are there adults who never got diagnosed with ASD and what happens to them? 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 everything in...
A Burgeoning National Crisis
Is there a relationship between culture and autism? 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...