There’s nothing that hurts parents more than when our child is in pain. When they’re small, we can try to safeguard them with cushioned corners when they’re learning to walk, helmets and elbow pads for young bikers and skateboarders, and of course car seats and safety belts everywhere we go. But [More...]
FOR PARENTS:
Why You Should Encourage Your Child's Specialized Interests (Even if you Don't Understand Them) We all have interests, don’t we? Human beings are created to notice things in the world around us, to appreciate beauty, intricacy, patterns. One person may stop to watch a flock of geese fly [More...]
HOLIDAY TIPS FOR PARENTS
The holidays can be a crazy, hectic time of year for any family, but it seems magnified when you have kids on the spectrum, with special needs and challenges. How can you do that tightrope dance of making the season bright and memorable for everyone else, without sacrificing the peace and comfort of [More...]
Halloween Tips and Treats
It’s that time of year again – Halloween! It can be pretty scary as a parent of a child with food allergies, or sensory integration or social challenges. The spine-chilling and super-challenging Three Scary C’s of Costumes, Candy and Crowds threaten to derail what should be a memorable family time. [More...]