Last night, I sat in a meeting with other parents listening to members providing information on entering waiver services. With my open mind, one parent, who sounded and looked quite upset, said "there's no such thing as natural supports or unpaid caregivers" and "once they are adults they are your responsibility. We as parents are done." These...
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The Primary Functions of Behavior
07/05/2019
Primary functions of behavior are important to finding solutions to problems, to increasing social acceptance, and even to modeling business in an effort to expand a market. Whatever in life one tries to accomplish, behavior plays an important role.
Certified Autism-Friendly
06/27/2019
"I can't get my child's haircut at Joe's Barber because he had a meltdown last time we were there. "
Give Back to the Community
06/27/2019
Being a parent of a child with autism is scary, difficult, stressful, happy, makes your cheeks hurt because you smile so much, makes you cry, causes nightmares, teaches you, builds you up, pushes you down, has successes, and failures....
Take Action...Volunteer...Let Go Of Fear
06/25/2019
"What is it that we have a problem with, with children who are in special education?" a Democratic representative, after speaking about his nephews with autism, asked the education secretary on March 27, 2019, according to NBC news live broadcast.