Inclusion is one of those things that people generally agree with in principal. Once it gets down to the actual act of including disabled kids, they are much less open minded. Parents of disabled and autistic children have spent years fighting for even the most basic levels of inclusion in society. One of the biggest […]
We all want our children to have friends, and sometimes it can be heartbreaking to see your autistic child not have the friendships that your neurotypical children have. Take heart, mama. Just because your child is autistic does not mean that they will not make friends and keep wonderful friendships. They just might look a […]
Most people have heard the statistics. 1 in 68 children have autism, and with boys it’s 1 in 42. Autism is often believed to be a boy-specific diagnosis, so it can be challenging to diagnose girls. We’ll cover girls later in this series, but today, we’re talking all about autism in boys. This is a […]
If you haven’t noticed from my blog, I am a big fan of bright colors. It comes by no surprise, of course, that if you ask A-Man’s favorite color, he’ll tell you it’s rainbow! Rainbow was the first color he’d recognize, and he just about has a heart attack whenever he sees rainbows in every […]
When A-Man and Baby M were diagnosed with sensory processing disorder or SPD, we were horrified to see the prices for some of the therapy supplies that we knew could benefit them. We would just love a SPIO compression vest for Baby M, but they’re so expensive! The boys needed a compression vest and weighted vest, […]
It’s a New Year which means that it’s time to reflect on last year to see what worked, what didn’t, and what we want to achieve in the coming year! You may have seen my post about my goals for 2016 where I outlined specific goals that I want to achieve personally, and with freelancing, […]
