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This is a great article for those of us whose children are on the autism spectrum. Even if you don't have a child on the spectrum, reading this article is important because as the diagnosis of ASD rises, chances increase that you will need the knowledge contained in this article.
“Everybody has a heart that can be touched by something.” ― Naoki Higashida The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism Autism is not treatable. It is a lifelong, debilitating condition that one must live with. For life. It’s in the wiring, it’s the way they are born, it’s …
If you love someone with autism who also has anxiety and/or OCD, this is a great lecture to watch by Dr. Suruchi Chandra, as found on the Autism Research Institute's website. Dr. Chandra was one of the first doctors that we saw soon after my son's autism diagnosis, and she helped to start him on …
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Photo credit: havens.michael34 via Visualhunt.com / CC BY In looking to make a fresh start in my career, I've discovered even more about the world that makes me unhappy. Prior to becoming a nurse, I was 17 years old, smart but extremely naïve, looking for the good in everything and thinking I found it. …
“Not Speaking has no reflection on what is being thought on the inside, being a non-verbal person with Autism in my early years I've come to value words, they shouldn't be wasted nor abused they should be cherished used positively and productively.” ― Paul Isaacs, Living Through the Haze Last night, my husband and I …
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