adoption, foster care, and autism
Today I’m here to share ideas on how to create a routine with your autistic children. In this video, I share ideas for creating a routine, discuss how routine is different than a schedule, and how to meet your child’s SENSORY needs. If you missed my last video on creating peace and calm at home…
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For all of you who are stuck at home amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, I’m here with some ideas to help you and your children who have autism and other special needs. Be sure to look for my follow-up video for more useful tips.
Read MoreApril is Autism Awareness Month and there are many autistic individuals and some autism advocate parents who would love to see that changed to Autism Acceptance Month. So as part of Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, I want to ask what we’re doing to accept autism. Accepting autism begins in the home of the autistic person, it…
Read MorePeople would be outraged if this happened to animals. But the truth is, it’s happening to children at the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in New York. We must take action, as Jess who wrote this post says, “That young man screaming for help in the video? He’s my daughter. He’s your son. He is our…
Read MoreWhen our daughter, Payton, came to us, she was young, but she was completely broken. Naive people have said to us, “It’s a good thing she was so young when she came to you, she won’t be affected by what happened.” That’s the generally held consensus isn’t it? If a child is removed from…
Read MoreI love the site, Not Alone. You can understand why just by the name alone (Ha!). Sometimes when we’re riding the special needs bus we feel alone. We feel no one else really gets us, our child, or our family. This is one great site that supports parents who feel such. Todays post is on…
Read MorePam Parish beat me to it! She’s published a book, one that every prospective and current foster or adoptive parent should read. I discovered Pam Parish through and adoption group on Facebook. I went to her website and found so much helpful information, supporting parents of foster and adoptive children who’ve been through trauma. I…
Read MoreAutism + vacation = more stress than staying home. Well, sometimes. We met family in Ouray, CO this past weekend. We had a great time, but preparations were a forethought to make it so. When you have a child with Autism, it’s especially important to plan your vacation. Be sure to read through all of the…
Read MoreFoster Care. It dredges up memories for me, it heaves horrible statistics, it heals children, it hurts children, it gives them hope, it scars them for life, it’s temporary, or it’s supposed to be. As part of Our America with Lisa Ling, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) focused on foster care the past couple weeks.…
Read MoreLast week I wrote a post about the importance of teaching our children with Autism to swim. That post, 4 Reasons Why You Should Teach Your Autistic Child to Swim, has been shared over 3,000 times! If you haven’t yet, be sure to check it out. The number one reason is to prevent drownings, go…
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