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Rachel McCumber

I ran across the headline: "For LGBT teens, acceptance is critical." I have always been interested in the struggle of LGBT teens because I see many parallels with Aspies. They are differentiated by something that they are born with and yet many people see as a personal choice or failure – something they can control. The basic message of the article was that regardless of how much bullying a LGBT teen might be subjected to the way the adults in there world respond to their sexuality has a greater affec ..

Nothing prepares you for this, this feeling.

Lisa Ruddy

Nothing prepares you for this. This feeling. "Yes, your son has Asperger's. He's textbook, there is no doubt...." My son is 11 and all I can do is wonder what in the past 11 years I have done to make him more screwed up. Let's see.....The time I c ..

Autism and the world of "what ifs"

Jennifer Mandell

One of the worst feelings as a parent of a child with autism is not knowing if you are doing enough for your child and constantly second guessing yourself if you should be doing something different then what you are. I have 5 sons and my youngest -- my 3 ..

The road trip

J. Katz

Last Wednesday, I took Robbie up to Oswego for a college visit, his first. Nate came along for the ride, mainly to take pictures of toilets. He assured me he had only two on his list. One, the renovated McDonald’s in Fulton and another in Liverpool, outside ..

Autism & the sacrificial lamb

D. Spurgeon

The third child of 3 within as many years, I never bonded with him, he wouldn’t cuddle, I could do nothing to comfort him, and he never seemed to need sleep. Handing him over to his father, I mothered my one and two year old already in tow. They were so muc ..

The trip to the neurologist...

Heidi Roger

Is there such a thing as bloggers’ block? I’m pretty sure I’m suffering from it. I’ve written sections of a blog post in my head many times while driving to work but this is supposed to be about my life with Autism, not the team of 11 auditors from D ..

Video: Severe autism with self-injurious behaviors

CDFoakle

Jamey is a young man with severe autism. His mother has compiled several episodes where Jamey has "good days" and also documents some of his self-injurious behavior and how she helps protect him and help quell these episodes.

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Autism and the initial diagnosis

Christy Marie

Autism...Where do I begin...This started when my son was 2 years old. I remember that night I heard my son moan and scream. When I went to go see what happened. He was shaking on the bed. As I got closer he was having a seizure. At that point in time I was ..

Noah, autism and early struggles to growing success

Shana

My son Noah was born January, 2006. He was born a healthy 7 lb. 6 oz. 20 In. long beautiful boy. He started getting minor illnesses around the age of 3 months. By the age of 15 months he had, had 11 ear infections and a bad case of the Rotavirus right arou ..

Our experience with Therapeutic Listening as autism therapy

Amanda Broadfoot

When I first heard about therapeutic listening, I was very dubious. I didn't understand how wearing headphones and listening to weird sounds was going to do anything except seriously tick Billy off. Having completed the program now, we still can't conclusively ..

Video: Autism treatment with medical marijuana

Bobby Hester

Bobby Hester shares his thoughts about his grandson's treatment with medical cannabis during an Unconventional Foundation for Autism Haircutathon event at Current Trends Hair Studio in Lake Forest, California. More on medical marijuana and autism here Wh ..

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