The marvelous thing about homeschooling your child is -- you can tailor every lesson to meet your child's needs. If your child is a hands-on learner,...
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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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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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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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Our son Tom is mildly autistic. At nearly 13 he's funny, smart and talented - but he's still clearly and obviously different. Every week, we see him...
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We live in a mid-sized American town (about 45,000), not far from a military base. We're home to a lot of veterans, not to mention plenty of active...
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When Tom (my 12-year-old with high functioning autism) was in public school, I was appalled at how little he was taught. The level of expectation was...
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With the explosion of autism diagnoses, there has been an explosion in the number of autism therapists and experts available. There are autism...
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There aren't too many 12-year-old patrons of the arts out there, but our son Tom is one of them. It's probably a symptom of the autism LOL!We...
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When Tom was tiny, he had a terrible time managing groups, crowds or even sitting still (except for his favorite videos). By the time he was six or...
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