This Wed at 8pm eastern, I'll be interviewed by the Moms Helping Moms series leader, Renee Alexopoulos. We'll be talking about social marketing, starting a business from home, and parenting a child with autism. How's that for a mix of … Continue reading →

I love this article from Lisa Jo Rudy about what NOT to do after your child is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. You know, I remember the panic and sadness that I felt when I first found out about … Continue reading →

The Option Institute has started conducting free webinars by computer and telephone. If you would like to tune in, go to www.son-rise.org and call them or send an email correspondence@option.org to ask to get their emails. The webinars are weekly, Thurs at 12-1:30pm eastern US … Continue reading →

As I was listening to Jenny McCarthy last night on Larry King Live, I was struck by the huge communication gap between parents and physicians. I can't imagine how these two groups will ever learn how to communicate without an … Continue reading →

Do you ever wonder why we as  parents worry about our children so? It's because we don't know what the future holds. We don't have any crystal balls lying around so often, we can get caught up in the concerns … Continue reading →

Here's a great article about things you can do to help prepare your family for the holidays. There's some great tips in this article: http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=holiday_tips    

Here is Jade's video, and how she recovered from autism, thanks to her parents and Son-Rise volunteers. This is a story of a little girl who lost her skills and then regained them again, and is now living a normal … Continue reading →

Well, it finally happened. Oprah did her first show on autism yesterday, and it was truly a great experience to watch it. I really think she did the subjects of family issues and public awareness great justice, and tried to present … Continue reading →

The following is from the Autism Society of America's reporting of the new figures. --------- Bethesda, MD (February 8, 2007) The Autism Society of America (ASA) welcomed the new CDC studies on the prevalence numbers of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States as tremendously significant data that will help the cause of improving the lives of all those affected by autism. In data collected from its Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM), a population-based, multi-state surveillance network that surveyed 8 year olds in 2000 and 2002, the CDC found that the data confirm that ASD prevalence affects approximately an average of 1 child in every 150. The data represents 10 percent of the U.S. population of 8 year old children. Continue reading →

I highly recommend the Son-Rise program for autism.  Son-Rise, like RDI, is very empowering for parents, because as a parent you realize how very important you are and how much influence you really have on your child's progress. Most children with autism respond … Continue reading →