AUTISM VOLUNTEERS WORKING MOTHERS

Autism Volunteers – working mothers – every time you turn around someone is asking for our time.  Lately, I have heard about schools and “volunteering.”  We have all been there.  Private schools, public schools, charter schools, special schools.  It really doesn’t matter, does it?  It’s like the Sopranos of the PTA.  As a parent of … Read more

Three kids with autism – Kennedy, Alex and Bella – skate at the 2013 ISI Open competition in Anaheim

As parents we need to help our kids.  When Kennedy, Alex and Bella were diagnosed they all had different stimming behavior.  One they had in common was spinning.  We tried to get them to stop and that didn’t work so we tried to find a way to make it useful.  How can spinning be useful?  … Read more

Autism kids need not apply

I got a newsletter from my kids’ school, where the awards were given for things like math, science and literature – okay, I know that’s not where my kids’ strengths are.  Then I saw it – photography, art and film making.  And I had to respond – why wasn’t my kids’ class participating in this?  … Read more

An amazing review

What does every mom or dad with a newly-diagnosed son or daughter with autism need most?  A chatty, friendly, deeply informed best friend who is relentlessly honest but also realistically positive about the most effective ways to get through the confusing maze of choices that every parent of a kid on the spectrum faces. Melissa … Read more

Refusing Special Education

North Hollywood California Charter principal says, “I don’t want THEM coming here” I have been going through the special education system in LAUSD for over six years now with my 3 kids. Like with anything you are thinking about buying, or places you’re thinking about going, you check them out, right? I read reviews on … Read more