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What’s Your Autistic Toddler Like Now? (Part 2)

February 22, 2009

This is Part 2 of our series “What’s Your Autistic Toddler Like Now?”, a journey through what’s happening these days in the life of our autistic 3 1/2-year-old son and sequel to our very popular original article, “What’s Your Autistic Toddler Like?”. Note: Wherever you see “DSM-IV” below, this means that attribute is part of [...]

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What’s Your Autistic Toddler Like Now? (Part 1)

February 20, 2009

Many times over, our “What’s Your Autistic Toddler Like?” post is the most read article on this site. It’s also the post people most often cite as the reason why they write us and become regular readers of our blog. We are gratified by your response to our story about our son and hope all [...]

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The Clinical Definitions of Autism, Asperger’s, and PDD-NOS

February 19, 2009

As a preamble to the upcoming sequel to “What’s Your Autistic Toddler Like?” (coming very soon!), I thought we should first go straight to the source in which the diagnoses are defined – the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fourth Edition or DSM-IV. (Technically, it’s DSM-IV-TR, where TR stands for ‘text revision’, [...]

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Think All Flash Cards Are Alike? Think Again! – A Review of Goosie Cards

December 11, 2008

To preview what Goosie Cards are, visit their web site at GoosieCards.com. As we’ve chronicled in recent posts (see “My God, He IS Reading!”, “Roy G. Biv”), our son is all about his flash cards lately. They’re not going to displace the Sacred Wooden Letter Blocks of Steadfast Security and Comfort anytime soon, but flash [...]

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Shoebox and Folder Games

November 18, 2008

Friday has turned into Make It/Take It day at preschool, which I was instantly excited about. That morning, parents can come in and take advantage of the class’s vast stores of creative goodness to make activities, picture schedules, and whatever else under the direction of our resident experts – our really cool teachers. We make [...]

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Do It Yourself at Do2Learn

November 15, 2008

If you’re trying to figure out the ins and outs of picture schedules and picture boards, get some actual pictures to use, get a home learning area or classroom set up, find some ideas for home art projects, come up with cheap but good learning activities, or keep saying to yourself, “is there someplace I [...]

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Post-Puzzle Piece Autism

November 6, 2008

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last couple of years, you likely have seen the puzzle piece that has become the predominant symbol of autism. I’ll just come out and say it bluntly: I hate it. If someone thought a puzzle piece was an accurate representation of me, I’d be pretty ticked [...]

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Five Things You Can Do If You Think Your Child Has Autism

August 11, 2008

Far and away, the most popular post we’ve had is “What’s Your Autistic Toddler Like?” – the one that lists the specific autistic ‘traits’ or ‘symptoms’ our son has and to what degree. After talking to other parents, the reason why that post is so popular is abundantly clear – parents are afraid and want [...]

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