Julianna just started middle school and we have to get up an hour and a half earlier than we used to. So it’s been an adjustment. This morning I was having a hard time waking her up. Instead of me dragging her out of the bed or yelling and screaming at her, I …
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My daughter started middle school last week and when I look at this picture I can’t believe this is the same girl that was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism at age 2. She had language and lost it, we had to teach her sign language, potty train with a sign. She started making sounds, …
One of the #1 skills I help parents of children with Autism master is Potty Training their kids. I’ve hosted TONS of Webinars and over the last year I started asking this question: “Of all the things you’ve tried to Potty Train your child with Autism, why do you think what you’ve tried hasn’t …
Julianna’s Moving Up Day is today and I can’t believe how fast the time has flown and how much she’s grown.She’s wrapping up 5th grade, and her 2nd year in a general education classroom with minimal support. I can’t believe we are headed to Middle School but here we are! I think about our …
I recently saw a post like this in an Autism Facebook Group and it just broke my heart. The comments were coming fierce and fast. “Awww kids are so mean” “My biggest fear for my boys…” “That is bs! The rule in my daughter’s class is, every child gets an invite or …
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Are you afraid to HOPE for your Baby on the Spectrum? Not knowing what was possible, I took my daughter with Autism from nonverbal, to sign language, to potty trained (using a sign for the potty), to making sounds, to word approximations to speaking. Today she is 11 years old, chatting up a storm, in …
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In the digital world, the promise of ‘free’ is everywhere—from YouTube tutorials to Instagram stories and TikTok tips, there seems to be an endless supply of advice for parents of children with Autism. But when it comes to the specialized needs of our children, is this free advice truly valuable, or is it a …
I remember when Julianna started to change. It was shortly after her 1st birthday where I started to notice a shift in her mood. She went from a happy engaged baby who said her first word, “MAP” (She loved Dora the Explorer) at 9 months to what seemed to me as a child at …
I’m having an AWESOME workshop tomorrow and I’ve been promoting it on social media, email, you name it. It’s called the 5 Ways You’re (Unconsciously) Sabotaging Your Child with Autism, and if you haven’t signed up, it’s new, it’s free, anyone who comes live gets a free gift, AND those who stay till Q+A …
When I took a pregnancy test in the past I was either pregnant or I wasn’t. There was no half 2nd line … one line meant “no/negative”, 2 lines meant “yes/positive”, even if the 2nd line was faint. You see anything you are. Period, end of story, No debate. But with Autism even though …