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Two Broken Feet

Two Broken Feet

Tomorrow I will have two broken feet. I am having long overdue foot surgery. I put this off for many years telling myself that I am an autism mother and… Read more »

Problem Feeders

Problem Feeders

Parents can become overwhelmed and frightened when their child refuses to eat. Many struggle at mealtime, hoping to find a way for their child to eat and drink without resistance…. Read more »

Help for Picky Eaters

Help for Picky Eaters

Are you considering a special diet for autism, such as the gluten-free/casein-free (GF/CF) or Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)? Would you like to take your autism diet to the next level… Read more »

Glutathione in Autism: The Elephant in the Room?

Glutathione in Autism: The Elephant in the Room?

I’m going to be quite frank in this post on the tripeptide glutathione and suggest that the evidence is starting to point to a real issue with glutathione in quite… Read more »

The Autism Revolution: An Interview with Dr. Martha Herbert

The Autism Revolution: An Interview with Dr. Martha Herbert

Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and a pediatric neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she is the director of the TRANSEND… Read more »

Get Some Sleep!

Get Some Sleep!

Any time I think about how to get any of my children to go to sleep, visions of the 1980’s movie Three Men and a Baby pop in my head…. Read more »

Dreaming of Melatonin

Dreaming of Melatonin

Ask any person with children, irrespective of the presence of autism, what are the toughest things about raising a child and I bet many will list a lack of sleep… Read more »

Autism on Board!

Families today choose to take vacations with their loved ones rather than leave them at home with a caregiver or in lieu of skipping a vacation altogether. As the sister… Read more »

Summertime Strategies

Summertime is supposed to be our warmest season. So how come it sends a chill down the spines of so many of us in the autism community? Come on, admit… Read more »

Keep Your Cool!

Keep Your Cool!

Summer is a season of changes—and that makes it notoriously hard for our loved ones on the autism spectrum. Even if your child attends a 12-month education program, routines inevitably… Read more »



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