Winning Ways to Share the Love With All Your Children
As special needs parents, we understand the importance of date nights with our spouses. They help us reconnect as a couple, reduce stress, and nurture the love between two people whose children drain their physical, emotional, and mental resources daily. Let’s face it, special needs parenting involves being caretakers on levels parents of neurotypical children […]
Continue readingReflections on Autism and Brotherly Love
I’m the brother of 54-year-old Colin (or Codge, as he’s been known since a kid). He lived with my Mam, Marion Rose, from the day he was born in her bedroom until the day she sadly died a few years ago at the age of 81 in the same house in Leeds. My mother cared […]
Continue readingBeautiful New Book Lends Support to Autism Siblings
Having a sibling on the spectrum brings great joy. It also brings a flurry of emotions, challenges and questions. Written by a seven-year-old boy, What About Me? works through the day-to-day struggles and joys of being an autism sibling. Autism siblings can often feel left out or overlooked as their parents try to balance the […]
Continue readingIssue 65 – Back-To-School Transitions
Buy Single Issue Subscribe today and save 50% Features: Successful Transitioning: The Back to School Blues Strategies from a Board Certified Behavior Analyst on simple waysto help a child with autism make a positive and smooth transition back to school. Marisa Goudy, BCBA Ways Music Intervention Can Support Social Interaction Learn from a music […]
Continue readingPerfect Chase: One Reflection of Autism
Perfect Chase: One Reflection of Autism is a heartfelt children’s book about siblings sharing the invaluable lessons of true friendship, empathy, unconditional love and understanding—as taught to them by their autistic (and perfect) brother, Chase. Our mission is to provide a realistic story about autism that school children can relate to, with the goal of […]
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