Where does your serenity come from? Serenity for me comes when you trade expectations for acceptance. When you look at your journey and realize how much fulfillment you get from your loved ones and children that makes life worth grasping on and truly living.

Hi i wondered if anyone could help , my son has aspergers and struggles with sensitivity over the past 2 years my son has been sensitive in his groin area where he constantly has to cross his legs as he says he cant handle the feeling , its taking over his life , the drs are no good and say its something he needs to deal with .

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My son is 5 years old with ASD. About two weeks ago he started having really bad seasonal allergies and so far we have tried Zyrtec and Flonase both with very limited positive help but mostly all negative side effects like aggression lethargic and just not acting like himself. So I wanted to know what everyone gives there kids or what have you tried and if and what has worked positively or negatively. Please and thank you.

My 6yr old son when he gets excited/happy. He gets really happy by yelling and grabbing his genitals. I had him checked by the pediatrician and nothing is wrong. I was told this is his way of expression and it will soon fade. Now almost 8 months later it still happens. At home we will tell him "where do your hands go" right away he places his hands to his sides. Temporary only...and all over again he does it. It is difficult when in public people don't understand why? Dirty minds....and the… read more

Currently my sons are attending a charter school for autism. The school only goes through first grade. My sons will be attending 2nd grade at public school in San Antonio. Both have autism and I'm willing to move to find the best elementary school in San Antonio Tx. Any feedback and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

My daughter will be entering high school this August. She is already having trouble in middle school. For example: homework, making friends, social skills, peer pressure, ect.

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I work for a company that recognizes April being Autism month. Instead of HR printing out Wikipedia tid bits I thought that perhaps I could use the display to actually educate
I googled infographics and sadly some of them actually had things like "often people with autism are gifted in music and art " and other such stereotypes
What would YOU like people who aren't on the ASD tip to know to help them interact with, understand people on the spectrum?
I try not to be bitter as I had no… read more

My son has been in a special needs integrated public school preschool for almost 2 full school years and is five. He's set to go to mainstream K next fall, with a full time para, OT, PT, and pragmatic speech (all continuing what he is doing now.) His fine motor skills are pretty severely delayed, and he has an extremely difficult time with handwriting. At our last P/T conference in February, the preschool teacher painted what I felt was a really grim picture of him being really "in trouble"… read more