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Having a Sibling With a Disability Changes You – For the Better

Parents of multiple children, with one having a disability, often feel overly burdened with guilt. Am I giving my other

Jonathan “Jon” Barsotti is an autistic teenager who lives in Southern California with his mom, dad, brother, and sister. He

In general, I am not very connected to the extended Autism Community. At one point, when Peter was newly diagnosed, I

Often times when engaged in the battle of autism treatment, recovery, and promoting social awareness, we find more hurdles

Today’s Autism Light is a charitable organization that helps military families cope with autism. ACT Today! For Military Families is

The Irish Autism Action Facebook group undertook a self esteem exercise with our children during the week. Families uploaded a

I got to spend several hours of Hurricane Irene blissfully doped up on prescription muscle relaxants. Last Saturday I sustained

It is not often you find a person like my son, Brandon living on his own. He has numerous limitations,

When Nick was admitted to the Kennedy-Krieger Institute in Baltimore over 280 days ago I intended to write on this