www.autism-and-treatment.com by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom The best way I can explain the frustration that children with autism feel because they can’t communicate is with a chocolate analogy. Imagine your favorite candy bar is right in front of you and you missed lunch. You are starving. Your blood sugar plummets along…
www.autism-and-treatment.com by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom Toilet training is a challenge for any child, but when your kid has autism it seems like it may never happen. It is a good thing I had Megan first or I might not have known what to do with Ryan. I used the same methods…
An excerpt from I KNOW YOU’RE IN THERE by Donna B. (Another Mom in the A-Club) www.autism-and-treatment.com Full disclosure: Back when I was single, child-free, and clueless, I thought I knew best, rolled my eyes and spouted my opinions with the best of them. I had opinions about how I would and could do it…
By Marcia Hinds – Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com For Ryan we used our own modified version of ABA to teach him all the things he missed when he was too ill to learn. But to be effective it was essential to discover what my child loved and use that to teach him. Children who have autism…
One of my favorite things Ryan’s dad did through the years was a little vengeful, and maybe even a little mean. Whenever Ryan did anything extraordinary, Frank sent an email to the psychiatrist who diagnosed my son. He’d inform her of the new and wonderful thing Ryan just accomplished, which she said could never happen.…
WARRIOR PARENTS ROCK AND THIS IS WHY: Because they never thought that “doing it all” would mean doing this much. But they keep going, do it all, and then some. Because they’ve discovered patience they never knew they had !!! Because they are willing to do something 10 times or 1,000 times if that’s what…
www.autism-and-treatment.com by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom When we first started biomedical treatments I wasn’t sure how to do the blood draws that were essential to diagnose the issues with my son’s immune function. If you click on this link from the Autism Research Institute (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=TB8dgBZVLRw) you can watch a video with your…
www.autism-and-treatment.com by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom As much as our friends try to help us, parents with “typical” kids have no idea how difficult it is to raise a child with special needs. We aren’t just parents, chauffeurs, cooks or in charge of the family’s social calendar. We are physical therapists, speech…
by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Our children do grow up and improve in spite of all our worrying. I’m probably not the one who should be giving advice on this subject. And don’t use this mom as your example of what to do, because my worrying gene was on steroids. It…
by Ryan and Megan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com My son definitely acted different and the stares and comments other people made were often cruel. But I still never told them about my son’s autism. That was especially true for the people who worked with him in gymnastics, swimming or karate. Only our family members, his therapists, and…
