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Autism and Empathy, the Fixers and the Huggers
Autism and Empathy, the Fixers and the Huggers. As I read the piece noted above from Autistics Aware, I thought of how well my daughter reads my moods. When I am completely overwhelmed, she actually looks at me with sympathy … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Disability, Family
Tagged autism, family, parent, raising a child with autism
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Mourning does not become me
Your child with autism is not the child that you thought you would have. Following a twitter link, I came across a book, “Following Ezra” by Tom Fields-Meyer, that deals with how he has approached his child who has autism. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Disability, Family, Health, Uncategorized
Tagged autism, book reviews, books, disabilities, family, guilt, mourning, parent, raising a child with autism
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Eating with Autism-2
There is controversy around the various ‘bio-medical’ treatments of autism and one of the most controversial areas is diet. Many parents and physicians think that their children with autism are helped by restrictive diets of one form or another, the … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Disability, Health, Uncategorized
Tagged autism, diet, disabilities, gluten-free diet, group home, guilt, low glycemic index diet, parent, specific carbohydrate diet
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Eating with Autism-1
One of my favorite measures of “well-being” is eating and appetite; when we are happy and contented, most of us enjoy eating and sharing meals with friends and family. When anxiety and depression set in, this simple and universal pleasure … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Family, Health, Uncategorized
Tagged autism, family, group home, parent
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Weekend with Irene
Everyone is talking about the “hype” of the hurricane coverage in the media and by the politicians. I suppose if you did not actually experience a major storm, then you would feel somehow robbed; robbed of your end-of-summer weekend, … Continue reading
Fire: Please be aware for your children with autism.
Recently I heard of a boy suffering from severe autism who had a fascination with fire and was burned on 60% of his body when he walked into a fire pit in his family’s backyard. Some might question the competence … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Disability, Family, Health
Tagged autism, disabilities, health care policy, parent
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Choosing life for you and your child
In this Age of Autism piece, a parent bravely shares the experience of making the decision to send his child out of the home to live elsewhere. As I was reading, and crying, I was also remembering the time I had … Continue reading
Guilty Pleasures and Lost Weekends
Last night I wrote about how frustrating it is to hear that the people taking your place as the caregivers and safe-keepers of your disabled adult child have not kept their promises. Anyone in my situation knows that when you … Continue reading
