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No More Meltdowns by Jed Baker, PhD

This is a MUST READ if you are lucky enough to experience the joys of the dreaded “meltdown”.  We don’t have a whole lot of meltdowns these days, but Daddy did get to enjoy one at Six Flags this past weekend when they refused to allow the Bugs Bunny doll on the Tony Hawk ride.
I […]

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My World Learning - Colors and Shapes

Autistic Children Discover a New ‘World’ SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Not long ago, Zachary Ballard was a boy in his own world.
For hours, he stared blankly at television images. He never spoke. He amused himself by sitting in a corner of his family’s home, spinning the wheels of his toy cars or banging two […]

Autism Awareness Month - Jason J-Mac McElwain Famous People with Autism Page Update

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Famous People with Autism: Jason McElwain, AKA - J-Mac

 

Famous, Infamous, Historical, Celebrity People with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Basketball Player Extraordanaire, Author, All Around Nice Guy
 

Jason “J-MAC” McElwain

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Autism and the Darth Vader Medical Society (Dr. Michael Chez)

Sacramento doctor takes unconventional approach to autism By Dorsey Griffit of SacBee.com
In the controversial world of autism treatment, mainstream medical doctors are increasingly pitted against alternative providers in the quest to figure out causes and develop treatments.
Dr. Michael Chez, a neurologist specializing in child autism, likens talking about the neurodevelopmental disorder to discussing politics or […]

Invaluable Autism Teaching Tips by Thinking in Pictures author extraordinaire Temple Grandin, Ph.D. (visual thinking, phonics, and a slew of other tips for teaching your child with Autism/PDD

Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism by Temple Grandin, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor; Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA

Great books by Temple Grandin, who has thrived and become a very prolific writer in spite of her Autism. Please check out her works here for more information. […]

Act Early Against Autism by Autism super mom Jayne Lytel

Act Early Against Autism: Give Your Child a Fighting Chance from the Start by Jayne Lytel
Autism super mom Jayne Lytel, 52, traces the arc of her journey — the four worst years of her life — to recover her now 8-year-old son, Leo, from autism in a new book, Act Early Against Autism.
“If I suspected […]

Grandparenting a Child with Autism: A Search for Help and Hope by by Kate R. Thomas

Publisher: Harmony House Publishers (KY) (September 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1564691446
ISBN-13: 978-1564691446

Through reading Grandparenting a Child with Autism: A Search for Help and Hope you will come to know a grandmother who has poured her heart and soul into searching for information and help for her granddaughter with autism. Kate Thomas shares candidly about the whole range […]

Dave Ramsey - Autism Families Need Financial Peace More Than Most!

The #1 cause for divorce is money fights and money problems. Some say 85% of parents to special needs kids end up divorced. Combine these two issues and you could be in for a major uphill battle to save your family. You may not be able to make Autism go away, […]

Prolific Autism Poet Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay

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In an autistic body, the soul of a poet By Patrick Beach AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF [FULL STORY]

In his mind, bells are ringing, unintegrated sensory stimuli clanging. Somewhere in the house, a chair is grievously out of position, a pillow askew. He has to ignore everything. He wants […]