Service animals are fantastic for helping people with disabilities go about their daily routines. Someone who is blind may greatly benefit from a seeing-eye dog that helps them navigate city streets. Alternatively, service dogs can also be used to assist young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children with autism vary in how much they are affected, but a service dog can be effective in just about any situation. A service dog serves as a medium between a child with ASD and the outside world. Through interacting, spending time together, and navigating life side-by-side, a service dog to support autism can make life much better for a child and their family. If your child has ASD, then you may wonder how a service dog can help. We’ll go over this…

If you are the parent of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), then you understand how different life is and just how difficult it can be at times. You surely love your kid to pieces, but things aren’t always smooth sailing due to the challenges posed by autism. Should anything go wrong, it often disrupts your child’s whole day. Anything like getting inadequate sleep to feeling misunderstood can have a profound effect. Each situation is a little different, but a few common strategies help parent most children with ASD. You should take advantage of them to improve both your child’s and your quality of life. To get you started, we’ll point out a few helpful tips for managing autism to help you and your child thrive! Prioritize a Routine…

There finally appears to be some light emerging at the end of the tunnel with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries that were ravaged by the virus earlier this year have eased restrictions and are on the path toward normality. We are beginning to see businesses and industries re-opening in an attempt to restore some economic and financial prosperity.  Having spent the past three months in quarantine, many people are eager to get back to their pre-COVID routines. Although social distancing and virus preventative measures are still in place, there has been a clear shift in public attitude regarding the virus. The initial fear has lifted, and people are very quickly re-adapting to life after quarantine.  For some people, however, re-immersing into society is still not an option. There…