on Jan 26, 2009 in
Autism Therapy When a mom (or a dad) takes their child to be diagnosed for the first time, it can be one of the most devastating days of his or her life. I remember all too well. I was sitting in Dr. Tatiana Dubrovski’s office in Miami, Florida when she dropped the bombshell on me. She told me that with the right autism therapy, our son Chase might have a productive life. However, he was 7 years old when he was diagnosed so we would need to do some catch-up work. I don’t remember much after that. She could have told me that my hair was on fire and it would have mattered little. My child had autism. What in the heck was I going to do?!? I knew something was going on. She’d give us a pill and he’d be fine. But AUTISM???
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on Jan 23, 2009 in
Autism Therapy What do you get when you mix paint, shaving cream, paste, streamers, flat bottomed ice cream cones, jello, smashed hard candy, 35 kids with varying degrees of Autism, 20 kids and teens to pair with them, and adults and behavioral techs to pair with the others? Besides one of the longest run-on sentences you’ve read [...]
on Jan 22, 2009 in
Autism Information Well, yesterday was Autism Awareness Day in the state of Mississippi (my home state). And it was a big day for those of us who have children with autism. We met in Jackson, Mississippi at the state capital building (which is absolutely gorgeous!) and showed our numbers. For a rally in the middle of the [...]
on Jan 19, 2009 in
Autism Information I’m a Christian first. Wife and mom second. Autism Activist probably comes in fourth or fifth. If you ask my boys, there are days that Autism takes over my life. One of those days will be this Wednesday, January 21st. It is Autism Awareness Day in Mississippi. It is the day that all of us [...]
on Jan 15, 2009 in
Autism Education By now you’ve heard about the 8-year-old little girl with autism who was dragged away from her Idaho school in handcuffs after having a melt-down in school. Evelyn wore her favorite cow sweatshirt to school and was told she couldn’t wear it to her Christmas party. Her teachers were tucking the ears and tail in [...]
