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Autism Awareness Book: 75% off Kindle Edition of Twirling Naked in the Streets

ATTENTION KINDLE READERS! (U.S.) April is winding down. It’s been a long and crazy month especially with the boys home for spring break last week.  Early this month, we ran a sale on Amazon UK, but I promised that before the month was over, I would offer the same promotional sale …

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Autism Parents Need Extra Sets of Hands; The Tot is a Runner

Like my Little Man before (now 9) before him, the Tantrum Tot (3) is a runner.  I was fortunate that Aspie Teen was not a runner when he was little. Had he been runner, at least he would have been the only one I had to think about. Three additional …

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Autism: When You Fear Going Out Alone with Your Child

Long before I knew anything about autism, let alone that my boys and I are all on the spectrum, I feared going out alone with them-intensely. I never imagined that I would have to live through this. I shouldn’t be worried about leaving the house with them, but the reality …

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Video: Tantrum Tot practices his colors; LED shower head

  Several people have asked about this LED color-changing shower head, which I wrote about in a previous post, My Environment and My Aspie Moods, so here is a video of it changing colors. An excited Tantrum Tot practices his colors while LED shower light changes. It is not the …

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Autistic Children are More Trusting than Their Peers

According to a “new” study, autistic children are more trusting than their neuro-typical peers. These children tend to believe what they are told, and be more likely to blindly trust information provided to them by both people they know and strangers.   About the Study Li Yi, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, …

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April and Autism Awareness: Take the Aspie Quiz & Win a Prize

Many people ask me if there are any tests for autism or Asperger’s Syndrome. There is not any one test that can diagnose autism. Diagnosis is a long and complicated process done by doctor’s, psychiatrists, or school psychologists who specialize in Autism.  I cannot stress enough that if you are …

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