Why am I having to explain to my son that it's not okay to eat out of the trash?

Has anyone asked you how you're feeling today?

Many think that putting his shoes on should be a simple task. In truth, it's anything but simple....

TRENTON -- Riickeema Potter’s 3-year-old son, Mahkeen Wisseh, speaks only a few words. His vocabulary is slowly growing, but not as fast as it ought to be, Potter says. Diagnosed with severe autism when he was 18 months old, Mahkeen was supposed to…

A little insight into my day today.

Scientists said Wednesday they may have found the earliest signs yet of autism in infants -- babies as young as two months starting to evade other people's eyes. Eye-evasion has long been regarded as a hallmark of autism, but its potential value as…

Elliott and Emmett will be spending the night with Lizze's parents tonight.  They're both feeling better and but have begun suffering from a bad case of Cabin Fever. Hopefully, this will be just what the doctor ordered. :-) This site is managed almost exclusively from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Please forgive any typos as auto-correct HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired "Like" me on Facebook Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

We haven't had too much luck finding a decent psychiatrist for Lizze on the local level.  She has been in a wait list for the Cleveland Clinic be a use her menopause doctor (can't remember actual name), wants her seen by a specialist, due to menopause being a factor.  To be honest, I don't even remember when she was officially declared to be in menopause but it was earlier this year.  I just got the call a few minutes ago that they can set her up to see a psychiatrist, but not the one she needs to see, because that doctor isn't taking any new patients.  That would have been nice to know six months ago.  She has an appointment now but it's not until the end of January 2014.…