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Educating and Loving a Child with Extreme Challenges 13 Sep 2012 | 02:19 am
The following thought is by Rachel Stafford, author of Handsfreemama: Here in the U.S., many students are beginning a new school year. With that, social, academic, and emotional issues are bound to a...
Book Review: Easy to Love But Hard to Raise 15 Jul 2012 | 02:40 am
Easy to Love but Hard to Raise: Real Parents, Challenging Kids, True Stories edited by Kay Marner and Adrienne Ehlert Bashistra is an excellent choice if you a parent with a child who has special need...
Autism and a Successful Family Vacation 12 Apr 2012 | 02:22 pm
C1 and I in a gondola on the skytrail, a feature at Trees of Mystery. Since we moved to the Pacific Northwest from Michigan two years ago we have traveled often to get a feel for the area. Over Spring...
World Autism Day 2012 3 Apr 2012 | 04:52 am
Today I'd like to give a shout out to all my readers all over the world who are raising a child with autism. If raising a child is difficult, raising a child with autism is at least four times as hard...
Anxiety about Changes to the DSM-V 27 Jan 2012 | 02:41 pm
We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt to introduce a new order of things in any state. N. Machievalli In my worl...
Intelligence Quotient Tests and Autism 1 Dec 2011 | 06:57 am
The headline of a recent Scientific American article grabbed my attention. When I read the words The Hidden Potential of Autistic Kids I thought 'Yes! The professionals are finally on the right track!...
Faces of Autism 14 Oct 2011 | 03:40 am
Photo: C, the handsome son of Casdok. Faces. The beautiful faces of autism. There are many out there in this world, and will be many more. My friend Casdok, the blogger of Mothe...
Explaining Respect to Children with Autism 6 Oct 2011 | 04:03 am
I love this video from you tube. Counselor Rob explains respect beautifully. He uses pictures, an expressive voice, and affirmation to explain to this somewhat abstract social concept. He covers resp...
Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Motivation 13 Sep 2011 | 01:15 pm
The other day while homeschooling my thirteen-year-old son with autism. I decided to cover the subject area of music by playing a little Mozart. I thought this was a good idea. After all, we had succe...
Advocating for Educational Rights: Eight Tips 1 Sep 2011 | 04:46 am
This is just a mini-post, but one that I hope will help parents who have children with autism or aother special needs. Recently I came across a blog that provided eight tips for advocating for a child...
