Our mission is to grow each child’s unique talents, abilities, and skills through fun, compassionate, and creative therapy. We help kids grow and strive to new heights each day. Empower Our mission is to empower clients and families to use their developing talents, skills, and abilities to ...
To some it’s just origami. To me, it’s an instant reminder of the day the world stood still. This beautiful photo is of the paper crane my daughter gave me back in 2017 soon after Dan Olmsted died. Tears. I felt them coming, and with how long it’s been, there would be a fl...
and so financial hardship is more common in this group. The cost of fursuits, the cost of convention registration/hotel/travel, and the difficulty getting time off of work were mentioned most frequently. Parents of youth on the spectrum, in particular, often reported feeling torn between alarm ...
I choose to remember God got us this far by grace. Something more is in store. I could not envision this day just four years ago when he beganhigh school.Lan and I have come a long way and if you’re living in the land of ASD you can too. Here are my words of advice for anyo...
with quality of life. Potentially important factors include autism specific knowledge/training among caregivers; structured and individualized yet flexible support programs; purposeful occupation and/ or access to meaningful and enjoyable everyday life activities appropriate to capacity level; good physical ...
Dr. William Thompson, but there's at least one Presidential candidate with a big mouth who will probably be spilling the beans on that little issue any day now. In fact, at my last count, there are at least three Presidential candidates who think we need to ask more questions about vacci...
Autism Double-Checked was founded in 2015 by Day and David Tait, both longtime travel professionals. In addition to “Autism Flies” events, the organization offers programs to train airline, hotel, and other travel industry workers how to be more inclusive of travelers with autism as...
Living near water is a source of tremendous joy and anxiety for ASD families. It was preschool orientation day, and the boy was three and half and as yet undiagnosed (1998 was a different time). Everyone in our playgroup had different orientation times so all of the moms and kids gathered...
but they don’treallywant to know. The things I am immersed in every day are the kinds of things that make people uncomfortable. On the rare occasion when I decide to unburden myself a bit and answer honestly when asked, “How are you guys?”, I hear either awkward silence or an unc...
When the opening scenes ofSPELLERSbegan, for a moment I doubted that I would make it through the film that day. JB Handley has been many things to me in our seven-year friendship. A force. A shield. A contributor, a voice, a friend. A big, strong, soft-hearted human in need. A...