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Let’s talk autism acceptance. I wish we could find a middle ground between “autism is a superpower” and “autism is the end of the world”. Many believe we shouldn’t…
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autism awareness
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“If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism” When it comes to autism, no two autistics are alike. Some can communicate, others can’t, and…
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Today, I got Charlie’s speech therapy progress report, and excuse my language, but holy sh*t, I‘m impressed. It’s hands down the best progress report I’ve seen in over 5 years of…
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How to make learning fun When it comes to learning and teaching the boys skills, I like to keep it fun. It’s more motivating for them, and they don’t even realize…
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Things you can’t say about autism Talking about autism can be tricky. It seems there’s controversy hiding behind every word, phrase, and symbol. You can’t say “high-functioning” because you’re dismissing the…
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ABA therapy is not abusive. It’s not ableist, nor is it conversion therapy, either. Our autistic children don’t do ABA therapy from some misplaced parental desire to make them “normal”, and…
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We can’t smile through it all It’s not reasonable for us parents to be optimists all the time. To smile through it all. To experience no moments of disappointment when faced…
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High-Functioning Autism / Asperger’s in adults Lots of people have trouble maintaining relationships, and social phobia is also a common fear. I’ve met many people in my life who didn’t like…
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Get Eileen Lamb ‘s book, All Across the Spectrum here Autism Awareness Things aren’t great with Charlie at the moment. His screaming has increased in frequency and intensity. I feel for Charlie…
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“Mommy, why Charlie pushing me away?” Jude’s been asking a lot of questions about Charlie lately: “Mommy, why Charlie doesn’t want to play with me?” “Mommy, why Charlie pushing me away?”…