Navigating the ‘Other’ Category
As always, when girding myself to face a novel experience, (in this case, my first autism conference), I turned to the most reliable source of comfort and understanding, the internet. …
Residential Abuse and Neglect
For years we have been told to not lock our pets in our cars even in cool weather. Public service announcements have flooded the media warning of the dangers that quickly …
The Day the World Turned Upside Down
On April 24, 2010, The Carson family was unaware of just how upside down their world was going to become. Baker, 13 autistic son, had been home from school for a …
ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development
Shana Nichols, PhD, psychologist and former Clinical Director of the Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism, is pleased to announce the June 2010 opening of her new clinic, ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development, …
Serving it Up Susan Murphy Milano Style
Surviving domestic abuse and stalking means strategic planning and playing it smart. When faced with daily survival tasks and overwhelming fears, a victim is too often left with no time to …
Answers, Autism, and Acceptance
She felt different from other people for as long as she could remember. After years of wrong diagnosis, and failed treatments which never felt right, Lori began to feel like her …
Court Sanctioned Child Abuse: Taking a Look at the Ugly Truth [VIDEOS] Included
Not only do I have personal connections to others who have suffered this kind of tragedy, but I have become increasingly aware of these issues since the Autism Women’s Network Forum went online …
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Missing 3-Year Old Found Dead of Apparent Accidental Drowning
(Osage, AR) — The search for 3-year old Aiden Bell ended in tragedy when his lifeless body was found shortly after 1pm on Tuesday afternoon less than a mile from his …
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Autism Women’s Network E-Mentoring
Autism Women’s Network [AWN] has been working hard behind the scenes to put together a program that will enable women on the autism spectrum to support each other through a peer mentor program …
Catch 22: Society and Acceptance, but Your Child is More Than Autism
Article originally posted at: Raising Asperger’s Kids There is a wonderful blogger I follow, Mae, who writes, Autism Is Not the Boss. She has written an interesting post ASD terminology: ‘autistic’ vs ‘individual …
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The Proposed DSM-V Changes: Is it a Step in the Right Direction?
Lately, the online communities have been talking about the recently released proposed revisions for the the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 5 (DSM-V). The proposed revisions embody quite …
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