Autism-World

toonietoonsWe had a session with jackson’s EI yesterday and she suggested that we have him tested for allergies. He has no symptoms, or none that I know of, but she said that sometimes when kids crave certain foods (he pretty much lives on carbs!)it’s because they’re not getting what they need from them??? Does this [...]

Parent input statements are one of the cornerstones of parental advocacy, but too often parents fail to bring one to an IEP meeting or do not include necessary information.  The following will provide some guidance based upon my experiences as a parent and an attorney for developing parent input statements that will drive your advocacy [...]

I have 2 autistic sons one is 9 and the other is 4. my oldest told me last night eating will make him fat. He barley eats as it is and he is so skinny that we really worry about his health. Our docters just always tell us he will eat when he is hunger. [...]

I find that parents of children with special education needs come in several categories:
    *        Pacifists or those who gets things done;     *  Clinging vines or parent advocates;     *        Silent victims or fighters;     *        Dreamers or crusaders;     *        Waiters or initiators;     *        Bombshells or [...]

One of my close friends who has a older child with PDNOS used this program or therapy with trained personal at one of our local speech therapy clinics. She really endorses this program. She claims her son’s reading and academic skills shot us greatly. That after he completed this therapy, that his attention span and [...]

(Time.com) — The road to Hannah’s mind opened a few days before her 13th birthday.
Her parents, therapists, nutritionists and teachers had spent years preparing the way. They had moved mountains to improve her sense of balance, her sensory perception and her overall health. They sent in truckloads of occupational and physical therapy and emotional [...]

Is it best to place a child who is High F together with other High F. My school district is offering me a placement for Daniel. The classroom is high F children (13). The teacher has been trained in Autism. She has 2 aides. They also have O.T one on one when a child needs [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The typical brain activity that occurs when most people are resting or daydreaming is impaired or absent in individuals with autism, new research suggests.
The activity in this so-called “resting network” normally aids in the processing of emotional and social cues, “the very things that are abnormal in autism,” lead [...]

I am quite unhappy with a recent development regarding David’s IEP and I have a sinking feeling I can’t really do anything about it. 
David has been telling me the reason he hasn’t been getting help on his work when he needs it is the classroom aide is almost always helping another child.  Considering he [...]

I have an 11 YO son who has been suspected of autism since he was 5 months old. His dad (my ex-husband) is a teacher and resisted a getting a diagnosis, fearing the label would follow our son for life. We were able to tap into the resources we needed for him without a diagnosis [...]

I can’t remember if this is a topic ever written about here–  have any of you experienced your children spontaneously talking during ill periods?  We have witnessed this strange thing over and over again although we are no longer fooled by it.  Just prior to Pete fevering, he will talk in sentences.  Last wekk, he [...]

I was wondering if anyone has run across this.  Our son has always had some pretty strong fears of situations, mostly medical such as hospitals and nurses/doctors, due to his medical history, and in the past he was very afraid of almost anything new, including toys, and would take a long time to warm up [...]

Everything Else Vanishes
By Christina Adams
Christina Adams is the author of A Real Boy: A True Story of Autism, Early Intervention and Recovery. Her work has appeared on NPR and in The Los Angeles Times Magazine and Brain, Child Magazine.
Life was normal for my son for a time, and then it wasn’t. The [...]

I really need some advice. I have been homeschooling my son for quite a  while, and I recently contacted our local school district , who says they want to help our son get whatever services he might qualify for. First they said we need to enroll our son in the school district, and they’ll find [...]

My son is 11 now, and still on an even keel pretty much. We have lost our wonderful teacher of 5 years  and are now on the Teacher Roulette Wheel, going on our 2nd teacher in as many years. He still goes to summer school and still likes certain things, basically there hasn’t really been [...]

Hey all.  I need help badly.  Recently, David has been blowing me off entirely.  I know he has better listening skills than this.  I’m not getting through to him at all. 
Last night, he wanted something that was stored high.  I didn’t want to climb and I didn’t want him climbing so I told him [...]

What is the core difference between AS and HFA? Is there one? My daughter Abby is four and a half and diagnosed with HFA at one and a half, but she talks, albeit with mild echolalia, loves to be the center of attention, is obsessed with Ariel, and even though she likes to socialize, she [...]