How Heavy Are Their Hearts?
She still remembers the day she let her son go. ”It was horrible,” she says. ”But there comes a time
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Talking to other kids about Autism
Last week, I had The Talk with my neighbor’s nine-year-old daughter. I’ve written before about the terrific kids who live
Read moreHelicopter Parenting
I’ve been thinking about this subject quite a bit lately. The whole “helicopter” parent debacle. I was reading an article
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Disciplining a special needs child
Around age two, children start asserting their independence by trying to do things for themselves. At least that’s what I’ve
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Dangerous Comparisons
‘Comparison, a great teacher told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game
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Understanding Subtlety
Emily and I just got back from a 25-hour vacation* to Ocean City, Maryland – a family-oriented seashore vacation
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The Nonsense of Neurodiversity
Oh no, blasphemy I have said the unthinkable. Here is a parent of two-neuro-disabled children and I think that
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Can Autism Spread to Siblings of Autistic Children?
Logically speaking, a neurotypical autistic isn’t humanly possible, but that doesn’t mean they’re immune to some of the symptoms.
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