Be Your Child’s Advocate – Know Your Rights

As a parent of a child with autism, and especially a nonverbal child with autism, you have to speak up for your child.  When he or she can’t speak, and everyone else around him or her is staring and things are uncomfortable, you have to speak up.  When your child is acting out in a… Continue reading Be Your Child’s Advocate – Know Your Rights

History of Autism

Autism, per se, doesn’t really have a history. It is suggested that centuries ago, children and adults who were able to memorize or recite things they heard but couldn’t even speak their own names were the town idiots, fools, and morons. It is now known that in many of these cases, these children and adults… Continue reading History of Autism