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Halloween for Children on the Autism Spectrum

Halloween is scary enough even for children without development delays, physical limitations, neurological disorders or other issues that cause them to be in part of the more than 6 million children who are labeled “s…
An Angel At His Side

image source When Daniel was about 7 months old and sitting up in his high chair I would notice on occasion that he would burst into a spontaneous smile and sometimes even laughter. He was not smiling at me as he was …
Service Dogs in School

image source I was reading this article and I wanted to get some other opinions. The family has a severely autistic son. He had not spoken and was subject to frequent outburst. A few months ago they got him this servi…
Spin the wheel and pick something to blame

by Mama Elephant image source What causes Autism? Oh, let's see...recent reports would have us believe it is everything under the sun...except genetics. Parents everywhere are looking for someone or something to…
Back To School Supply List Unacceptable

I was shocked to read the back to school supply list for my daughter this year. She is going into first grade and I expected a short list of items that I would need to buy. What I got, was a list of items that angere…
Apparently, I am an "Autisiphobe"

by Mama Elephant image source So, there is a nasty little war going on over at Autisible.com between someone with HFA and a dear blogger bud of mine. I stepped in to say I will miss this person who has always been …
Personality - Where Does it Come From?

by Mama Elephant image source Many people on the Autism spectrum credit their Autism for their intelligence and personality. While they strive for a "person first" attitude from the public, they insist that every …
The Amazing Lesson I Learned From A Child

Children Have So Much To Teach Us...We have been challenged by flowerspushthroughdirt to write encouraging posts this week and so I dug out this one I’ve been working on for a while and finished it up…. The most encourag…
Adjusting with Autism

by Mama Elephant As soon as those around me found out I was pregnant, they asked the same question over and over. "How do you think Alex will adjust to having a baby around?" My answer was always the same. "He will …
Autism is NOT an Excuse to be a Lazy Parent

image sourceComedian Dennis Leary wrote a book "Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" and in it he wrote about how some parents are blaming autism instead of blaming themselves for lazy p…