Farewell to 2012

As we bid farewell to 2012 and indeed, to the final year in which Asperger's Syndrome has any official status in the DSM (Diagnostic and...

Article: Managing Expectations and Reactions During Visits and Gift Exchange

My Latest Post on Special-ism, Managing Expectations and Reactions During Visits and Gift Exchange is now available and while it's mostl...

Talking about Sandy Hook

I'm finally ready to talk about the Sandy Hook thing but it's not really a thing I'd normally discuss on this blog. You see, I l...

Book Review: Sensory Parenting: The Elementary Years by Britt Collins MS, OTR and Jackie Linder Olson.

Sensory Parenting: The Elementary Years  School Years Are Easier when Your Child's Senses Are Happy! by Britt Collins MS, OTR and Jackie...

Echolia - should you try to stamp it out?

You're so happy that your previously mostly silent child is now talking quite a bit. Where, until recently there had only been grunts an...

Article: Recognising Sensory Overload

My latest article; Recognising Sensory Overload, is now available at Special-ism. http://special-ism.com/recognising-sensory-overload/ It...

Book Review: "A Lifetime of Laughing and Loving with Autism" Compiled by R. Wayne Gilpin

A Lifetime of Laughing and Loving with Autism New and Revised Stories that will warm and inspire you. Compiled by R. Wayne Gilpin It's h...

Book Review: "Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew" (Updated and Expanded Edition)

"Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew" by Ellen Notbohm; Updated and Expanded Edition 2012 Published by Future Horiz...

Book Review: We've Been Here All Along: Autistics over 35 Speak Out in Poetry and Prose

We've Been Here All Along: Autistics over 35 Speak Out in Poetry and Prose Edited by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg Last time on this blog I la...

The Epidemic of Autism

In general, I feel that I'm more "easy-going" than many of my colleagues on the spectrum in that the language of autism genera...

Article: Teaching your Special Needs Child to Swim

Today I'm blogging over at Special-ism.  The topic is; Teaching your Special Needs Child to Swim. http://special-ism.com/teaching-your-s...

The Poor State of Social Acceptance

Recently I was looking at Music Videos on YouTube when I found some videos by Adele, a singer whom I only recently discovered sings several ...

Article: What is “Stimming” and Why is it Important? (at Special-ism)

Today, I'm blogging over at Special-ism. The article is called; What is Stimming and Why is it Important . In the article, I look at tho...

Book Review: Secret of the Songshell: Book One of the Spectraland Saga by Brian Tashima

The secret of the Songshell is a young adult book with a difference.  It's written with the intention of providing a fictional hero with...

My Eldest Child and his Ongoing Ritalin Saga

I don't often talk about specific issues with my kids on this blog preferring instead to tackle general topics which could benefit every...

Book Review: Ethan's Story; My Life With Autism

Special Note: For Today Only (apparently); The Kindle edition of Ethan's story can be obtained from Amazon for free. Don't delay, ge...

Article: Helping Your Special Needs Child to See Past their Own Point of View

My latest post on Special-ism is now available. Helping Your Special Needs Child to See Past their Own Point of View http://special-ism.com...

Making Peace with Autism Speaks

Sometimes it seems as if humanity is doomed to argue with itself over specifics forever, whether they be Star Wars vs Star Trek, Windows vs ...

The Olympics and Genetics and Aspergers Syndrome

I had a fascinating conversation with a work colleague yesterday about why we keep breaking records in the Olympics. I said that surely we...

Learning to "Empathize in the Moment"

Long time readers of this blog will know that it's a myth that people with Asperger's syndrome can't empathize and that if a sit...

Article: Discipline and Kids with Special Needs

Today I'm blogging over at Special-ism and the subject is Disciplining Children with Special Needs , click over to have a read. Discipli...

A Response to "Want to commit suicide because of my son's autism"

This post is a response to;  Want to commit suicide because of my son’s autism by Tammy http://www.autismlearningfelt.com/2012/07/want-to-co...

Why your child's grades don't matter as much as you think they do

We are a society obsessed with betterment through numbers and it seems that we are constantly trying to find ways to have simple numbers pro...

Article: Displaying Confidence in Your Special Needs Child

Today I am posting over at Special-ism Displaying Confidence in your Special Needs Child http://special-ism.com/displaying-confidence-in-you...

Article: An Interview on SpeechBuddy

Just drawing your attention to an interview I posted on Speech Buddies; An Interview with Gavin Bollard http://www.speechbuddy.com/blog/inte...

Calling Mitsubishi out on funding Neurodiversity

Warning: This post is likely to be upsetting or even offensive to some readers.  I apologize for this.  I hope that by writing frankly, I ca...

Drawing the Line on Media Access for your Child with Asperger's Syndrome: Part 4 Developing a Plan

In my last few posts, I've looked at the positive and negative effects of media and device access for children with Asperger's syndr...