My grandson is turning five and eats only a handful of foods. What can we do to get him to try new foods?
If your child or grandchild is a picky eater, know that you’re not alone. Up to 70 percent of parents with children on the autism spectrum report problems with excessively narrow eating habits. Often, these tendencies continue into adolescence and adulthood.
I was under the assumption that a support group was to support? I mean, am I wrong in that thinking? I won't name names, because even though I want too, I am an adult, and throwing people under a bus isn't so cool to me. (damn being a grown up anyway!) However, I will say it was a local autism support group. It has been together for a little over a year.... Continue reading
About to turn 19, this girl/woman graduated Metro Nashville Public School system yesterday. And she did so to the beat of a different drummer. The same drum beat into which she entered this world. A very different, odd, quirky, funky beat.
I have six children.
I love being a mother.
most days
Some days, I feel so out of my depth. Some days, I skate into the home stretch of children in bed and quiet in the house. It's nights like tonight where I can only think " My God , I have to do this again tomorrow" Continue reading
Submission date: 8/6/13
Original title: One of the Good Ones
I'm not a person who believes in chances and luck. I think that there are no accidents. I believe that people are put in our lives to make us who we are and show us who we were meant to be. Call me crazy - I know I can't prove any of it - but there is a part of me that will always believe in fate. Continue reading
Have you ever gone somewhere and just found patterns repeating over and over? I suspect it is intentional design choice at the Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast. Continue reading
The Honorable Reggie B. Walton has served as the United States District Judge for the District of Columbia since October 29, 2001, having been nominated to the position by then President George W. Bush. Judge Walton is an Autism Light for his groundbreaking ruling on July 26, 2012, that will ease the path for military families to receive Applied Behavioral Analyis treatment for their children through their military health insurance known as TRICARE. Continue reading
This post is not about politics per se. So no arguing about republican versus democrat. The beginning story is illustrative of a larger point:
The use and power of words is not just a bete noir for our children. It seems that most people fail to understand or comprehend the danger of what they are writing or saying. I am not talking about bullying. Those that bully know exactly what they are doing. They just don't care. I am talking about how words, when written or spoken, can lead to assumptions and innuendos that do great damage to an individual or group. Continue reading
They say when you have kids you learn to pick your battles. You decide if something you once thought of as a big deal, is really that big of a deal. You realize that some things just aren't going to happen, and that’s ok. You learn to adapt. You change. You prioritize. Things that were once big deals, no longer are. And things that once didn’t even register on your radar – are now major parts of your life. Its just how it is, they say. When you become a parent you learn to make certain things count – and other things you brush off. You don’t cry over spilled milk anymore. You cant. Because if you did – you would be crying all day long.
But sometimes – hypothetically speaking – you have to cry over spilled milk. Continue reading
