What do you encourage for independent play. Be have drawing and puzzles down but can't seem to find anything else she'll take interest in. She's almost 3 and electronics are not an option at this time.

Overnight diapers.

Still leaks through

Help!

I've had lots of wonderful interactions with people here but can't figure out how to repond to a specific person. Thanks!

When I was around eight years old, I began to have anger issues. I had outbursts, would call people names, and would even hit others. It came to a head when I slapped my grandmother in front of my family. My mother took me to a therapist and after three or so months I was much better. She didn't conclude I was Autistic for some reason, but that's a whole other story.

Has anyone heard of or used a curriculum called "Social Thinking Theory"? This is something the Little Man's developmental pediatrician recommended. Basically, it is teaching kids to be aware of others and to teach them "expected" vs. "unexpected" behavior in various situations, etc... I haven't started looking around too much yet, but this is their website:

http://www.socialthinking.com/what-is-social-th...

If anyone has used this did you have positive results? It seems like something that… read more

I have Special Olympics pictures on my flash drive that I would like to upload to this site, but I am having some technical difficulties.

I’ve heard that too much screen time causes autism. And that you can improve autism by spending more time with your child.

My 14 year old daughter with autism likes to grab other's hands and either dig her nails into them or will squeeze your fingers together very hard. She does it both when she's happy and when she is agitated or overstimulated. I have a hard time interacting/playing with her because she does this and it is extremely painful. We are working on ways to redirect her when she does this but has not been successful. Any suggestions on how to redirect or decrease this? We have tried giving her other… read more

I ask because I often recognize behaviors in my mother—one-tone voice, being distant, can't always Identify sarcasm, fixation with certain topics (for her it's religion), and subsequently interpretation of information as literal
Once in a while, she tells me things that are only half true or not at all. On Vaccines, fertility, or politics. (we don't need to open that can of worms)
I looked at childhood photos of her and she seems to stand out. As for her and her four siblings, she's often not… read more