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Operation: Smooth Travels
In 2013, AAA estimated that 66% of Americans planned to take a trip between Memorial Day and Labor Day (AAA Newsroom). As anyone who has ever had to endure five hours of, “Are we there yet?” knows,...
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The Way I See It: Kids Must Learn Work Skills
At almost every autism conference, I have either a parent or a teacher ask, “He is 21, how do I get him to stop playing video games in the basement?” or they say “He is 18 and is in the bedroom for...
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Handwriting: A Multi-Sensory Approach
Throughout the ages, humans inscribed written language onto papyrus, stone, and cave walls. Verbal, physical, and written modes of expressing thoughts and ideas have been passed from generation to...
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Overcoming Anxiety in Children and Teens
There are many good books on helping children and young adults with anxiety. Many of them spell out the key treatment components of programs proven to be effective in helping individuals face their...
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Too Much Manganese?
For well over ten years, Shauna K. Young, Ph.D., CTN, has conducted specific studies on the negative effects of excess manganese on the human neurological and sensory input systems. The clinical...
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It’s Not About “the Degree”
It’s not just about the degree.” This is probably the most common phrase I say to parents when I am speaking with them. Getting a college degree can help a student to get a job in most cases; but for...
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The Search for Autism Triggers
‘Pesticides and Neurosteroids Questioned at the University of California’ Two different academic departments—both at the University of California—have recently published studies that raise important...
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Normal People Scare Me Too
Even before the camera is taken out of its case, there is much to think about when making an indie film. Who will we cast? What’s the end goal for our film’s central message? How will we frame the...
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Aspie-NT Marriage
He Said-She Said There are many complexities involved in what is referred to as an Aspie-NT marriage, so I struggled with what angle or aspect to cover as a marital counselor who specializes in this...
View ArticleLessons Learned- Tips for Parenting Children with Asperger Syndrome
My son, Adam, was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 1994 when he was sixteen. After twelve years of misdiagnoses, disappointments and uncertainty, this was a fairly new diagnosis, so there were few...
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EEK! It’s Halloween
For children who like a consistent schedule, have sensory issues, or suffer from food allergies/sensitivities, Halloween can be a nightmare in more ways than one. Parties at school excite the calmest...
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Make A Wish For Me: A Family’s Recovery From Autism
You’re Losing Him Jenna is outside, digging in the sandbox. Ryan is inside by the toy box, playing with a car. I am literally straddling the screen door in order to watch them at the same...
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The Way I See It-Problems Learning Algebra?
More and more questions are being asked about how to get a child to pass the high school algebra requirement. Algebra was impossible for me and it never made any sense. Education has fads and my path...
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Power Pumper Car
Buy a subscription to the AADigest now thru Dec. 15 & Enter to win a Power Pumper Car! A Christmas present everyone will always remember! The Power Pumper (ages 5-12) & Power Pumper Jr. (ages...
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Featured Product: Power Pumper
Mike Jones spent the first part of his life living in a railroad car in a sparsely populated area in Utah. By 11 years of age, he was working as a farmhand. There, he learned the fundamental rule of...
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Asperger’s, ASD, Sensory Processing & Family Gatherings/Holidays
By Stephanie Holmes Do you find that the holidays turn your ASD/SPD child into the Great Pumpkin, a giant turkey, or perhaps the Grinch That Stole Christmas? As we approach the last two months of...
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The Most Fun In The World Is Making Stuff!
Recently I went to a wonderful Mini-Maker Faire called STEAM Fest in Boulder, Colorado. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. The emphasis was on making things, ranging...
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An Aspie’s Tips for Teens
When I was in middle school, “Shiny, Happy People Holding Hands” was a song by the band REM. The song featured guest vocals by Kate Pierson of the B-52s. I know, right? Cheesy title. But that was...
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Overcoming Fear and Anxiety in Children and Teens
Active calming reduces anxiety. Study after study has shown that if you can get anxious individuals to gradually face their fears (a treatment called “gradual exposure”), their anxiety will decrease,...
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Alexis Wineman: ‘America’s Choice’
Alexis Wineman seems like most of us, except she’s prettier. But that would be expected because, after all, she did win the Miss Montana contest at age 17. Ironically, she doesn’t see herself as “a...
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