Back to school today? Or if you’re like our family, that happened about a month ago. Have you already had your I.E.P. meeting to discuss your child’s autism therapy for the school year? Do you even know what an I.E.P. is?
An I.E.P. is an (I)ndividualized (E)ducational (P)rogram (or plan). A roadmap, if you will, to [...]
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I was exchanging emails with an old friend of mine the other day. I’ll change her name to protect her identity. We’ll call her Elaine. Elaine is bipolar. ( http://bit.ly/cVUsq) Elaine, like most people with autism, has problems “dealing” with people in the workplace. She has had problems holding a job. I admire her [...]
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I am blessed. I have two boys. One of which I blog about most of the time. Chase. He is our son who has High Functioning Autism. He is 13 years old (he will be 14 on February 16th, as he reminds us constantly…lol!). He is the reason we search and dig for information on [...]
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Posted by Deb on Feb 3, 2009 in
Autism Therapy
Yesterday my husband and I went on a field trip. Yes, grown ups still go on field trips. This one was very special to us. We are the founders of a non-profit for children and families affected by autism and we received an email from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (http://www.brooksmuseum.org). Sidebar: what a [...]
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Posted by Deb on Jan 30, 2009 in
Autism Therapy
What a fun week it has been for most of the United States! Ice storm, snow storm, record cold, power outages even as far south as our neighboring states: Tennessee and Arkansas (where some are STILL in the dark!). It made me think of a kind of autism therapy that we parents [...]
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