As a parent or therapist, do you ever experience pain in witnessing the struggles of an individual on the autism spectrum? Yes! We witness it all the time. And that’s exactly why we need a Witness Protection Program! We feel the pain, the struggle, the hurt and the...
People often ask me, are there adults who never got diagnosed with ASD and what happens to them? Yes! There are many, many adults with ASD who have never been diagnosed. That includes people of all ages: seniors, those in middle age, young adults and everything in...
Is there a relationship between culture and autism? Up until now, our dialogue about autism has been very one dimensional – FLAT. The idea that autism effects only the individual on the spectrum is as antiquated and the idea that the world is flat. As the days...
How do we need to adjust our expectations if we have a child diagnosed with ASD? One of the biggest challenges we face as parents of children on the autism spectrum is to adjust our expectations and beliefs about our child’s abilities and their future without giving...
How do we get past the stigma? As a parent, finding our way to appreciation of the autism of our child is a tricky path to walk. We hold out hope that things will be better once… (fill in the blank). The blank gets filled in with whatever current challenge we are...
Does it get easier as your child gets older? Being a parent of a child on the autism spectrum is a very painful and emotional experience for most of us, regardless of the age of our loved one. Sometimes when the anxiety or difficulty with the world overtakes our loved...