Put simply, you have to. Like parenting, no one else can do it for you, and no one else can do it as well for your child as you. Even if you have faith in your child’s teachers and the administration of the school you have to be involved, because you never know what it … Continue reading
Yesterday I talked about crashing, today let me just briefly talk about the hardest thing we’ve encountered in raising our autistic son. He doesn’t look different. You can tell when someone is blind, or an amputee, has Down’s Syndrome or MS or is in a wheelchair. But my son does not look abnormal. In a … Continue reading
Think about that word for a moment. Crasher. Those on the spectrum often have sensory issues. Some are oversensitive. (Actually, my son is oversensitive to loud sounds. The sensory stimulation of a movie theater, for example everything is dark except the hyper focus of the movie, which is larger than life, and sound, loud sound, … Continue reading
April is Autism Awareness month, so since next week (this week by the time this is posting) is Spring Break I figured I’d start the month off early by writing a week of entries on autism. Recently I was asked why I write SF/F/H when I could be writing about autism and help other people … Continue reading
This book reads easy and fast and it should be handed out to every parent whose child is diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum. It can change the perceptions of anyone–family, friend, educator or counselor–who is face with the baffling behavior of an autistic child. I cannot impress just how much this slim volume can help. … Continue reading
I know this isn’t a big deal to most of you, but earlier when I asked my son to put a dish in the sink for me (because he was going that way) he looked at the plate and asked “What have you ate, Mom?” I didn’t know whether to answer him or squee first. … Continue reading
