raisingautisticchildren Archives

My Ten Things

I dug around in my archives in my personal blog and found this. I thought it would be a good

I was undecided about sending out holiday cards at all this year. 2012 has been a particularly difficult year for

From the first moment a child is diagnosed with autism, parents find themselves catapulted into a chaotic world of therapies,

One of my favorite things in life is watching how Emmett is with Bella. For a child with autism to

First of all…let’s make sure we’re all on the same page… MEDIA: (mee-dee-uh)”The means of communication, as radio and television,

Charlie’s first teacher, Miss Ginette, was a Godsend with a capital G. She is patient, loving, kind and most of

Autism is strange in its ability to teach. Sometimes it seems like autism came into my life (through my wonderful

All special needs parents suffer from grief. Whatever “Normal” is, it is no small thing to lose. The grief

During dinner tonight, Cameron (my 6 yr old with Autism) began to explain that he did bad things yesterday because

Benny craves friendships and has made a few close friends over the past three years. It takes a solid, strong