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Asperger’s

Asperger’s Syndrome, Transitions, and Meltdowns

March 14, 2010

It has been a long time since my son has had a meltdown. He’s 8 years old now and has been diagnosed with either PDD-NOS or Asperger’s Syndrome. There are mild nuances between the two diagnoses but we just say “Asperger” or Aspie because more people understand that than they do PDD. Anyhow, yesterday during [...]

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Ohio State ASAN Chapter Trying to Get off the Ground

April 30, 2009

The Ohio State chapter of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) was originally formed in late 2008 but the group is trying to get the organization off the ground and up and running. An article appeared in today’s edition of The Lattern – Autistic students self-represent. A big difference between ASAN and similar organizations is that [...]

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Summer Plans for Children with Autism

April 28, 2009

So summer is nearing and I’m dreading the transition. I know that all kids can have a rough transition from school to summer (and then again from summer to school) but my kids have some major issues. My daughter graduates from preschool next week – it is so great to see where she was when [...]

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Brushing His Teeth, Tying His Shoes!

April 15, 2009

It has been a very hectic several weeks in the Mindless Mommy household. My sweet little guy is growing up! He’s 7.5 and has started to brush his teeth on his own (I don’t care how well he does it, but he’s doing it on his own!) and he can tie his shoes now! I’m [...]

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Cale from Spectrum Siblings’ Message to Parents

February 22, 2009

I have had the fortunate opportunity to virtually meet a rather charming young man, Cale Irwin, via Twitter. Cale blogs at Spectrum Siblings about how he copes, loves and thrives as an Aspergic teen. I asked Cale if he would submit a guest post for my blog and what he has written is a great [...]

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ASAN’s Recommendations to President-Elect Obama

January 9, 2009

Although I am not on the autism spectrum myself, I am a fan of the work done by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). On Friday, January 2 members of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network met with members of the Office of the President-Elect on Autism Policy to discuss autism policy priorities for the coming [...]

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Is a Mostly Liquid Diet Really That Bad?

January 6, 2009

So Alexander is taking in mor calories – in the way of a nutritional drink. It’s calories though, right? Here’s a copy/paste of a response I left on the Weight Loss Crisis thread: Right now our interim solution is something called Boost Plus. He likes the vanilla and says it tastes like chocolate. They are [...]

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