(Inside: Teach your autistic child social skills with these 5 Strategies to Teach Social Skills to Autistic Children! These tips make social skills practice fun!) We are gearing up for our homeschool year, and picking out new curriculum and activities to try. It’s basically my favorite time of year. But planning to homeschool an autistic child […]
(Inside: Teach kids to type with free typing games online! You don’t have to spend tons of money on programs or drudge through boring lessons with free typing games!) I grew up in a tech-friendly house. I got my first email address at 4, and remember instant messaging family from across the country at a young […]
(Inside: Using online reading games to help reluctant readers will be a game changer in your homeschool! Try Reading Eggs for FREE to help your reluctant readers!) I’ve always been a reader. In fact, when I was six I used to time myself and read 20 minutes in 5 different novels, then quiz myself about what happened […]
(Inside: Autistic people should not have to carry ID to stay safe… Police brutality against autistics needs a better solution than autism ID cards.) Another day, another story. Another autistic person getting hurt by people who don’t understand autism. Whether it’s the call to “end autism” from Jenny McCarthy or a news story about a […]
I’m autistic, so is my son, and I’m an autism advocate, blogger, and author. That means I see a lot of “current events” in the autism world. So I wasn’t too shocked when there was another video out by Jenny McCarthy that was harmful for autistic people… I was shocked, however, when I saw the […]
A-Man is not a big fan of sitting down to do school work, so we’re always on the hunt for autism-friendly homeschool curriculum. See, we want our kids to love learning, so we spend a lot of time deciding which programs are worth doing and which aren’t. So today, I’m so excited to share an […]
