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Due to the quirks of autism, my daughter can be difficult to buy gifts for. Toys generally bore her. This year I had a stroke of genius though…an aquarium. I went with her earlier in the week and picked up a 10 gallon kit, got it set up, tested the water and temperature. We went [...]
As many of you already know, my little girl is autistic. While most people are aware that individuals with autism often struggle to communicate, and feelings can sometimes be confusing for them, especially concerning others, there seems to be less awareness of the motor control issues which are often present. In my daughter’s case, this [...]
Last Saturday marked the 6 week point in Lil’ Foodie’s gluten & casein free diet, to try and reduce her autism symptoms . During this time period, I strictly omitted all dairy and gluten, as well as their derivatives. In addition to this, I also removed most preservatives, dyes and sulfates. MSG & HFCS had [...]
The past year has been more than trying, but that little face makes it all worth it. She is so much more than the words she can’t speak.
As many of my regular readers already know, my little girl is autistic and speech is extremely challenging for her. We are blessed in that she gets a good deal of therapy, but augment the therapies meant to help he speak with training to prepare her for use of a communication device. Many families with [...]
My little girl turns 5 today. Over this past year she has worked hard, doing 30 hours per week of ABA therapy to help her with the disabling effects of her autism. She has been a little trooper through the bulk of it. While she still isn’t talking, her focus is much better and she [...]
As most of my regular readers know, my little girl is autistic. It has been some time since I gave an update, since she has reached the 6 month point in ABA therapy (applied behavior analysis) and will be five years old in a few moths, this seemed like a good milestone for a progress report. [...]
My daughter (M) and I were sent a Sage Fijit for review a few weeks back. It was not the first item she went for that day (a Little Mommy doll also came in at the same time), but a couple days later she brought me the box. M is non-verbal due to her autism, [...]
As many of my regular readers already know, my daughter is autistic and pretty much non-verbal. After sitting on a waiting list for nearly a year, M started ABA therapy (Applied Behavioral Analysis) set-up in the spring. Due to staffing changes, as well as, a change to her plan, the actual therapy sessions didn’t start [...]
My friend Jessica, who also has a child affected by autism shared this video on Facebook and it really got to me. It brought waves of the memories of my daughter’s autism diagnosis crashing in. With the progress of my husband and I’s separation, my focus has been somewhat split. Thank goodness her ABA therapy [...]
