Working Through Concepts of Death 27 Aug 2013 | 05:39 pm

All children have to understand and process through the concept of death. My child is autistic and very sensitive to emotions.  He has an enormous amount of empathy in the truest sense.  For example, ...

When You And Your Child Start To Spin Out Of Control 26 Aug 2013 | 04:29 pm

Since we've been up since 3, right now Jack is wildly giddy and has accidentally run into me, the cats, and the doors several times. With very little sleep, I came perilously close to getting angry. J...

If We Want More From Our Children 26 Aug 2013 | 04:22 pm

 If we want more from our children - if we want to help them with challenges, respond to our requests, trust in our guidance - then we need to work on ourselves. It is always our own stuff - our chall...

Temple Grandin's Mother, Autism, and Child Pornography 26 Aug 2013 | 04:21 pm

Eustacia Cutler wrote an opinion that linked autism to child pornography. The way she argued her position seemed to suggest that she had scientific evidence.  Surprisingly, her article was based on tw...

Sister Kate 26 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm

Jack's "sister" Kate - he named her, chose a birthday for her, and wanted to get her real clothes, not doll clothes, "because she's a real sister, Mommy." We take Kate to the supermarket with us. Jack...

What's It like - Parenting and Autism? 24 Aug 2013 | 10:13 pm

How To Help Sensory Sensitivity 24 Aug 2013 | 10:01 pm

My child has been exquisitely sensitive to sensory input since he was a baby. Sounds, seeing things that move, feeling his own balance and movement, things or people touching him, his touching things ...

Games of Connection 23 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm

Yesterday, we were talking about "connection games" (what some people know as "baby" games) and why they're important to play with our kids, no matter how old they are. A parent asked me what kinds of...

These Aren't Baby Games 22 Aug 2013 | 05:33 pm

I just finished playing a combination of games with Jack that included "hiding/where he is?," "is he sleeping?/wake up," and "kaboom fall down/are you okay?." You don't often see kids who are nine pla...

Autism and Peer Socialization 20 Aug 2013 | 04:41 pm

I never realize how different my strategies are with my child until other people remind me. Someone expressed sincere concern that I was homeschooling my child. They thought it was the wrong idea for ...