Ginger Strivelli is 47 and has six children now—all grown. She and her youngest daughter live on a farm in Luxor, Egypt. When her children were growing up they all lived in Jupiter, NC, USA. She has three disabled children on the spectrum and three neurotypical children. Ginger is a mother, artist, and writer. Two of her children are now working as therapists with disabled children, being caregivers in their mother’s footsteps.
As the mother of six children, three autistic, three not disabled but in speech for a few years each in elementary schools, I have gone to way more than my fair share of educational meetings at school. Over the decades fighting that red tape, I have learned some ways to make the process less of […]
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As parents to children who are nonverbal or have limited speech, we have to learn some skills of our own to help them learn to communicate better. I have three children with autism myself who are all now extremely verbal, but when they were younger, communication was a constant struggle. Here are a few of […]
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I have three autistic children, along with three who are neurotypical. They were all born within a 12-year period. As you might imagine, our family household was a wild and crazy 20-year rollercoaster ride as they were all growing up. I, through desperation, trial and error, magical luck, and vivid imagination, came up with what […]
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