The Dark Circus T-Shirts

Alex Areffi has released a new shirt design — The Dark Circus. Meet the members of the Darkest Show On Earth – Ring Master Cosmo, Magician Taingle, Nealia the Ballerina, and the Clown, Spring Alexi-Trap Click link below to buy on Amazon.com

Kennedy Athena Areffi – Class of 2020.

To all of the people who have worked with the kids and for us over the years. As you know, Kennedy came in to this world 2 1/2 months premature. She attended 3 elementary schools, 2 middle schools to get the early education she deserved. When she moved to high school, they tried to put … Read more

Bella Zoe Breaking Barriers for Autism in the Workplace

There’s a new villain in town and, the fate of the world may be at stake… 13-year-old new comer Bella Zoe (Hour of Lead, The Infiltrators) has joined forces with actor Eric Michael Cole (DC’s Birds of Prey, The Laundromat) and writer/producer Sean Crouch (Lore, The Exorcist) to create the comedic super villain short film, … Read more

Harkla.com

Harkla is a great reseourse for autism families. They do a lot of product research that will save you time you don’t have to spend. Here’s some great articles from their Blog. THE BEST STRATEGIES FOR CALMING AUTISTIC TANTRUMS AND MELTDOWNS CAN GUT BACTERIA AFFECT SYMPTOMS OF AUTISM? Here’s some info form their “About” Page. … Read more

Autism Teen Tasered, Who’s to Blame?

Kansas City Star reports a textbook case of lack of training by police departments – but loss of communication between our community and law enforcement. I know – most of us think we have too much on our plates – but who else is going to educate people?

Honestly, if someone came up into your yard towards your front door, and when they realized you were home, took off running, would you assume autism or suspicious person?  Be honest. If you were home alone, would you call the police of an apparently grown man was in your yard and you thought he behaved in a suspicious manner?  

I don’t expect the police to be able to psychoanalyze and identify someone with autism in under a minute.  This is another example where we always think that we – or someone else that knows them- will be there. 

What if it was an active shooter situation, near a school or mall?  He would’ve been shot for non-compliance on sight.  We don’t know what route he was jogging. 

However, let’s take this case solely on the details reported. They claim Kramer was low functioning enough to not realize what was happening or able to respond to basic commands or communicate.  If the young man was that low functioning, what was he doing jogging alone that far from home, without assistance?  We all saw what happened to the teen that was tortured on FB. My children know their way home, and all of our children SHOULD be acquainted with law enforcement in a non-confrontational manner – but I wouldn’t allow them to take off on their own.  Realistically – taking out the “bad policeman” scenario. What if he ran into a confrontation from another jogger, a mugger, a person with a scary dog off leash?  What if he accidentally ended up in someone’s back yard?  Not all yards have fences. That could have gone wrong to the extreme. 

In terminology we’ve all been taught – there needs to be a proactive plan in place. And honestly, we are working on that and will keep you updated. 

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Learning about Death

Figaro Amanda Sweetheart Areffi Born February 14, 2014 Died May 26, 2016 On the night of May 25th Figaro had been sick, very sick for month.  I comforted him, gave him medicine and even bathed him (even though he didn’t want to).  In the middle of the night, I woke up and he was cold. … Read more