Is it ever acceptable to ignore someone?
The church youth group I went to was fairly typical as far as the kids who attended. There was one
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Talking is not always a good thing
My brother can’t talk. He can say some things, but he can’t really hold a conversation. He says full sentences
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She never spoke to anyone, anyone but me. Why the others couldn’t hear her, I could never tell. Could it
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When we first received the diagnosis of PDD-NOS, we didn’t really understand what that meant. Then we realized that it’s
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Touchpad technology has helped countless families dealing with Autism find their children’s voice. A company called “The Puzzling Piece” has
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The boy doesn’t want to play with me. Doesn’t want me around him. Doesn’t want me in the same room.
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Today, when I handed HRH a milkshake, he said ‘tada ada eesake’ unprompted. I translated this as ‘thank you for
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I nip upstairs to check progress, or lack there of. He stands in the middle of the bedroom, without stitches,
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