For those that missed it, I wrote an article for CNN this past April. Since I have a ton of new readers, I thought I would share it again. I wrote this for #Autism Awareness month 2012. I really hope to continue doing things like this because it reaches such a large audience and #Autism awareness is spread.   Click the CNN logo below, to visit the article.  

Elliott drew and colored this picture while at school yesterday.  Do you recognize this famous character? This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

It's been a little while since I have been inspired to really sit down and write something with the hopes of really getting my point across. Having said that, I feel compelled to address something that I feel very strongly about. The other day I shared something I found on Fox News. It was a story about a 5 year old little boy with #Autism who was denied lunch because his parents were a few days behind on the payments (see: FOX News: School Denies Autistic Boy Lunch Over Billing Issue). I had to ask myself, how does something like this happen?  How can a grown person, look at a child and deny them food? Does this have anything to do with the child having #Autism or is this just the way we…

We will be hauling Elliott to the doctor's on Monday morning.  This time it's not for a broken tooth but instead anti anxiety medications.  Elliott is the poster child for generalized anxiety disorder and the quality of his life is significantly affected. This appointment has been a long time coming. Elliott’s anxiety is situational and rather extreme.  This means that all the stress and chaos that goes on in the house as a result of being a special needs family. We have addressed everything that can be immediately addressed but others are in a holding pattern like Gavin's placement. Elliott’s in therapy and we do whatever we can to relieve the anxiety but unfortunately,  medication is our plan B. Plan A was simply not enough to provide him with any…

I was giving Emmett a bath and everything was going well.  Baths help him to relax and he really enjoys them. I had walked over to the bathroom sink to put something away.  In the 7 or 8 seconds it took for me to turn around and put the stuff away,  something began taking over the bath water. As I turned around and saw what was happening, I yanked Emmett out of the tub,  just in time. Within seconds the tubes was overrun by nasty brown water.  It was link an underwater sandstorm.  The brown colored water bellowed out like you see sandstorms do on TV. Emmett was devastated by the attack on his bath water. However,  this was a wide spread attack on all the water baring locations in…

I wanted to update everyone as to how Gavin has been doing the past few days.  There are two areas of major concern when it comes to my oldest son.  The first being his enormously complicated health problems and the second being his equally complicated mental health challenges. As far as the health side of things go,  he's been relatively stable for the past few days.  We have had periods of heart rates ranging from bradycardic to tachycardic and chest pain ranging from minor to more severe. Nothing was significant enough to warrant a trip to the hospital, so that's good.  On the other hand we have the behavioral side of things,  and that's a rather mixed bag. For the past day or so,  we have been tantrum free.  Gavin…

Today's #Autism Discussion is going to center around those embarrassing moments and #Autism victories.  We all experience moments like this.  We all find ourselves in embarrassing situations with our children with #Autism.  We also celebrate #Autism victories, both big and small.  We can share our stories and perhaps give each other a chuckle with an embarrassing moment or hope with your #Autism victories. This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store