Taking Care of Myself
Parents are often baffled about how to teach their youngsters (on and off the spectrum!) about health, hygiene, modesty, and the ever changing rules that go with growth and development…
Parents are often baffled about how to teach their youngsters (on and off the spectrum!) about health, hygiene, modesty, and the ever changing rules that go with growth and development…
“Just ask your school to help.” While I love the sentiment (and the optimism) that a family can simply as the school to help their child, it is unfair to…
Our book, Raising a Child on the Autism Spectrum, was placed on the NY City subway system on Dec 1, 2017! Books on the Subway (BOTS) is a great program…
Psychologists and school teams often refer students for “an assessment” and then hand over some names and phone numbers. Job done: parents have the info, and the referral has been…
While we often talk about taking care of the person with autism, sometimes referencing the individual’s parents/impact on marriage, we often seem to “forget” the siblings. We know that siblings…
When I was in grad school there were two books about Asperger’s. I owned them both. I still own them, as a reminder of how far we have come (and…
The rates of unemployment and underemployment for adults on the Autism Spectrum are staggeringly high. It is estimated that 80-85% of all people on the spectrum are un- or underemployed,…
As always, parents have the best suggestions. A parenting team just suggested The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore, and they were right to suggest that I read…