Ways Autism Focused Couple Therapy Can Change Your Life
As a practicing clinician specializing in adult diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), I have noticed that as the diagnosis of children impacted on the spectrum has dramatically increased (current statistic from the Centers for Disease Control is 1:55), the first time diagnostic rates for adults on the spectrum also continue to skyrocket, making the […]
Continue readingHow to Keep Your Special Needs Child Busy When Stuck Indoors
Whether it’s raining cats and dogs or just too cold to go outside, it’s important that parents know how to entertain and keep their special needs kids busy when they’re stuck inside. Next time you and your kids are looking for a way to beat cabin fever, try one of these fun activities: 1. Bake […]
Continue readingBringing up the Boy
It was the roundabout that I remember most. Every Saturday outside the shopping centre there was a man, sitting on a wooden chair and turning a handle. It looked effortless but it was joined to a series of cogs that drove a children’s roundabout. There was a bus, a tractor, a car and a motorbike […]
Continue readingA Meaningful Day at the Salon
I’ll admit it started out as me needing a massage after the school carnival planning was finally over but massages are expensive and there isn’t an in-house babysitting option—although wouldn’t that be great? A pedicure, however, offers a massage chair and limeade for the mom while the child is stuck in a chair with wet […]
Continue readingFamily Emergency Preparedness with Special Needs
All parents are natural planners. As the parent of a child with a disability and a professional who assists communities and emergency planners with inclusive emergency plans, I know how much more critical emergency planning is for individuals with disabilities. My daughter has the Angelman syndrome, a rare condition that limits her independence. I’m […]
Continue readingIssue 75 – Helping Your Child with Autism Thrive
Buy Single Issue Subscribe today and save 50% Features: How to Help a Child with Autism Feel Good About Food Learn key ways to help a picky eater thrive at school and daycare from a registered counselor specializing in child feeding. Jo Cormack, MA, MBACP A Mom’s Loving Advice on Transitioning an ASD Child to […]
Continue readingThe Best Ways to Support Siblings of Autistic Children
Every day my oldest son, Andrew, and my daughter with autism, Lizzie, rode their scooters down the block. They would go just out of my sight to the same crack in the sidewalk where Lizzie would turn around; then they would race back to me. For months, I walked with them fearing they would go […]
Continue readingEducating Children About Special Needs Can Spark Compassion
When we think about autism awareness, we think about educating the community leaders; the teachers, caregivers, police officers, neighbors, family and friends. It’s so important to make sure as many people as possible are educated in autism and the challenges and beauty autism offers because awareness is key to acceptance and respect. The more people […]
Continue readingHow to Prepare Aspie Women for the Workplace
For women with Asperger’s, the workplace can be a very isolated place. Organizations are social environments, which is uniquely challenging for Aspie Women. In the workplace, women tend to form cliques, social groups, and tribes that neurotypical women are more naturally enabled to understand and navigate. In organizations that I have observed, there is a […]
Continue readingThis Exciting New App Helps Special Needs Kids Speak Through Play
Product: Speech Blubs is a video- and voice-based app constructed with the purpose to boost children’s imitation and speaking abilities through play. “I’ve had it [Speech Blubs app] for less than a week and he’s already saying more!” Cost: $9.99 monthly subscription fee What’s special about this app is that it uses videos of real […]
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