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Helping her son Ryan reach his full potential is the goal of this autism mom … so far since those days.  Recently, we took a day trip to Lego Land. I prepared Ryan for the trip by showing him photos and videos of the park that I found online. During the car ride, which was only about an hour, Ryan looked out the window and …

Learning to love myself… skills for neurodiverse individuals. Diagnosed later in life as autistic, he writes blogs and articles, records coaching videos and podcasts, and presents at conferences and support groups, sharing stories and thoughts as to how one can achieve …

Meet Boston… {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/9Ay1diEGhNA.jpg?itok=8bth4nPp","video_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ay1diEGhNA … He had begun to line up his toys and was not really developing typical play behavior. Looking back at old photos and videos I can now also see his obsession with his hands and toys that light up, both we now know can be early signs. In what …

Meet William W.… this… You have thousands of reliable information sources that can be books, the internet, magazines, lectures, notes, videos, audio tracks, etc., all attempting to feed knowledge into your brain. However, something is blocking that knowledge …

Autism & Highways: Is Attraction Common? How Can We Safeguard our Son?… at cars, you can create enjoyable opportunities to share this interest with him. These activities might include watching videos of cars, reading about cars or playing with toy cars. If your son’s highway fascination is driven by the sensory …

How I took Christmas back for my son on the autism spectrum… balls or trampolines. The yard was not fenced in, and even worse, there wasn’t a non-stop reel of trippy Baby Einstein videos playing. Ains always walked in and conducted a survey of the place, quickly realizing that there was nothing he liked …

3 things that have made me a better autism parent… such a great resource. Twenty-four hours later a laptop was sent home in his backpack, and he was able to watch sensory videos that night which lulled him to sleep...and all because I simply bothered to ask! It has taken a good bit of time, …

Meet Chris T.… Video (Responsive)."]}   If you watched any Autism Speaks videos, you you may have had the privilege of hearing Chris T, a 30-year-old voice actor, narrate. It was rather fortuitous …

Autism and special interests … a passion for trains, the behavioral therapist might build her therapy sessions around activities with toy trains and/or videos of trains. One idea I’m evaluating is that this tactic may actually interfere with the goal of developing the child’s …

Meet Nolan F.… a hard time introducing new foods.   What are Nolan’s hobbies / favorite things? Nolan thoroughly enjoys watching music videos on YouTube - he imitates the motions and tries to sing along with the lyrics to his favorite songs. Nolan loves being …