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National Parenting Autism

How music helped my child with autism

Perhaps the best way to punctuate where you are in life is to remember from where you have been. Cliché as it sounds, sometimes it is just the...
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What's wrong with hands-OFF learning, anyway?

Hands-on learning is a terrific idea. You get right in there, and you DO something. As a result of doing, you learn.Hands-on learning can be used...
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Interests, obsessions and informal learning

Tom loves fish. And he loves the aquarium. Here in Woods Hole MA, there's a tiny little aquarium with a couple of seals, a few formal exhibits, and...
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Taking a field trip into literature - the REAL 'Make Way for Ducklings'

As a kid, I loved the books of Robert McCloskey. My 12-year-old, Tom, is crazy about about them. "Make Way for Ducklings," "...
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With high functioning autism, it seems the easier it gets the harder it gets

When Tom was three, four and five years old he spoke almost entirely in memorized scripts from TV shows. When he was upset, he winged heavy toys...
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Must parents of autistic kids become advocates and activists at church?

I'm writing a book "Autism Out of the Box." The focus is on providing parents with the tools they need to help their child or teen with...
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Mathematical thinking and the 'special' mind

Today I took Tom back to the Big Cheese Math Specialist. I'd been trying to follow his instructions, but we didn't seem to be moving forward as I'd...
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People with autism have talents too

In today's Change.org Autism blog, Dora Raymaker absolutely cracked me up. In fact, I was laughing so hard I had to read the whole blog aloud to my...
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Do autism treatments work? How do you know?

Yesterday, a research study found that Celexa, a drug often used to control and modify autistic behaviors, works no better than placebo.That, in...
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Teaching with Thomas the Tank Engine

Thomas the Tank Engine, for reasons no one fully understands, seems to be a favorite of almost every child with autism.Thomas is a series of highly...
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