A birthday party. The park. The therapy clinic parking lot. These are just a few of the places that my son has eloped—running or wandering away from caregivers—from. Maybe you can relate to the moments of absolute terror when your child bolts and your breath leaves you right along with them. Eloping is one of […]
School refusal is one of the biggest concerns that so many of my clients come to me with. Whether your child has a massive meltdown in the school parking lot, refuses to ever get in the car in the first place, or elopes from their classroom whenever they get stressed out… And when your child […]
What is autism? And what is just behavior? How do I know where the line is between accepting my autistic child as they are, while not letting them do whatever they want just because they’re autistic? Where exactly is the line between the behavior that kids do—because spoiler alert kids misbehave—and the behavior that’s directly […]
Book after book and Ted Talk after Ted Talk has been shared about why our kids do what they do. Why they don’t behave. Why they rebel. Why they act out. Why they don’t do what they’re told. And what we, as parents, should be doing about it. Recently, I tend to see two extremes […]
My clients are always asking questions about how to manage Autistic rigidity, and it isn’t always easy. On one hand, you want to accommodate their need for control. On the other hand, you want to help them to be able to be flexible sometimes. And we all know the world won’t let them dictate everything, […]
Potty Training. The words that send a shiver down the spine of parents of Autistic children everywhere. (And I’m only half kidding!) Whether you have… an Autistic toddler who’s showing interest in the potty An Autistic preschooler who needs to go potty in order to access child care Or a school-aged (or older) Autistic child […]
