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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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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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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What does it take to teach math to a kid with dyscalculia (math-related learning disabilities)?I took Tom to the Big Cheese Math Specialist for an...
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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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In our town, yard sales are advertised in a special section of the newspaper. You can just clip the section, circle the sales that look interesting,...
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A few months ago, I wrote a blog entitled "Why my child with autism will NOT go back to public school." In it, I described the frustration...
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Our son Tom, age 12, is mildly autistic - but that's never stopped him from reading, writing, grasping science, or understanding the basics of history...
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Yesterday, I popped my kids in the car and drove nearly two hours to Provincetown MA at the very tip of Cape Cod. The reason: I hoped to see the tail...
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I've been doing a fair amount of research, recently, on various different types of therapies for kids with autism. What I'm noticing is that each...
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