I intended to blog about this yesterday, but we have been having trouble with our internet connection at our house. It will go out for hours at a time, and then just come back on. We never know when this is going to happen so I will be “dripping” some blogs in, in case my internet should die again.

The “real” name for Autism is the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This is because Autism has a wide range of issues and how severely kids are affected by it. It can range from kids who are non-verbal an uncommunicative to kids on the very high functioning end or Asperger... more

April is National Autism Awareness Month. I’m not very well educated on Autism, so I visited a couple of websites for information. The bloggers on the Parenting Special Kids blog have written some great information on Autism. I was shocked by some of the things I learned.

First of all, what is Autism?

Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that typically lasts throughout a person's lifetime. It is part of a group of disorders known as Autism... more

This is a novel written by Mark Haddon which won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year and the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.

My Mother-In-Law recommended this book to me. This is NOT a parenting book. It is a novel that you can just sit down and enjoy.

Upon starting the book, you... more

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I’ll try to explain what I can understand and how it affected our family. I’m not a medical professional, so PLEASE check with a professional.

Kids who take lots of antibiotics early in life, not only develop an immunity to them, but it kills off the “good” bacteria in their body. When I went back and checked Sammy’s medical records, I discovered that his first dose of antibiotics came when he was less than... more

What do these three things have in common? Actually, quite a bit.

The first thing may come as a surprise, but all three things were covered quite extensively on the daytime talk show, “The View”. In November, they devoted an entire hour to Foster Care, and even talked about foster care adoption. In January they also devoted the entire hour to Autism, and had Toni Braxton as a guest co-host. She has a child with Autism. You can find information about Austism on the show's... more