What I want you to know about having a child with autism and knowing it is not “just autism”
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Ashlyn Washington. Photo by: Michal Parzuchowski Something highly unusual in the world of autism happened to my son last week. He received a diagnosis of autoimmune . . .
What I want you to know about autism
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Julia. Listen—most of what you think you know is wrong. Rhetoric about autism focuses on parents, siblings, caretakers—the “burden” of an autistic person’s existence on those . . .
What I want you to know about having a child with Asperger’s Disorder
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Lauren. My son is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), high functioning autism- aspergers. But that is just a label. He is not autism, he is not autistic, he HAS . . .
What i want you to know about having a child with autism
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Mom In Two Cultures. New statistics from the CDC indicate that the number of kids with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is now one one out of every 88 kids, or one out of 54 for boys. At my . . .
Differentiating autism from SPD or attachment issues in adopted children
When I talk to other adoptive moms, especially those who have adopted kids from hard circumstances, I often hear concerns about autism. It’s a familiar concern to me because one of my kids raised a lot of red flags in regards to autism symptoms. When my oldest was about two, I was beginning to have real concerns about his development. He had a hard time making eye contact at close range. He was always crashing into things, touching things, invading the space of others, etc. He . . .
what i want you to know about Aspergers syndrome
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Kerry. I want you to know that sometimes I wish my other child had Asperger’s too. I like it that my son loves rules and wants to do the right thing. Even as a newborn, he had the same . . .
what I want you to know about having an autistic brother.
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Kaelyn. My brother is one of my best friends. My brother is my hero. My brother has a beautiful soul. My brother is courageous. My brother is handsome. My brother loves going to church. My . . .
how we successfully treated Jafta’s sensory processing disorder (SPD)
I haven’t talked much publicly about it, but my oldest child has Sensory Processing Disorder (also known as Sensory Integration Disorder). I blogged about our road to diagnosis in this post, and shared the full story in this book. SPD is a neurological condition that effects how children process sensory input. For some kids, it means that are extremely averse to sensory input . . . they have difficulty tolerating touch, noise, sounds, and new tastes. For other children, it . . .
coming out about sensory processing disorder (SPD)
There are a few aspects of our family that I have intentionally chosen not to blog about, particularly things that are specific to one of the kids. I’ve decided to open up, just briefly, about the fact that Jafta has sensory processing disorder (SPD). I’m revealing this for two reasons. First, I have a feeling that other adoptive families have children struggling with sensory issues and could benefit from our story. But also, I want to talk about a book I’ve just . . .
WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW: AUTISM
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story, email me. My child is diagnosed under the Autism Spectrum Disorder. She is a lovely little 5 year old. At first meet you would not probably be able tell that she has ASD. But she does have her quirks. She is considered high functioning and . . .