Autism

If your child has been recommended for an AAC assessment, or you're already using an AAC device or communication board at home, you've probably run into a lot of opinions. Well-meaning family members, other parents, even strangers in the grocery store sometimes have thoughts about "the tablet" or "the picture...

Have you ever been told your labs look "normal," while your body tells a completely different story? The fatigue that sleep doesn't fix. The joint pain that comes and goes without warning. The sense that you're working twice as hard just to feel “normal”. If any of that sounds familiar,...

Summer can feel like a gift: no school bells, no homework, no rushed mornings. But for many families raising children with autism, the long unstructured days can also bring a wave of challenges. More meltdowns. More anxiety. More "I don't know what to do" moments. Sound familiar? The good news? A...

Halloween is just around the corner, and this is typically an exciting evening full of spooky adventures! For most kids, dressing up, playing tricks, and filling up on candy can be a high point of the experience. Who wouldn't love that, right? Unfortunately, some children with special needs may find...

“Autism” is a word that everyone has heard, but how many people understand what it means? Because it isn’t just one thing, and it looks different from one person to the next, many people find it difficult to describe.  In the past, April has been celebrated as Autism Awareness Month. However,...

The social pressure to conform to ‘the norm’ is strong enough that we tend to sit up and take notice when people very publicly refuse to do so. In the late 90s, a struggling software company called Apple (maybe you’ve heard of it) created the wildly successful ‘Think Different’ advertising...