My daughter has been exhibiting what appears to be a new stimming behavior. It all started a few months ago during a vacation to the beach in Florida, my daughter started to open her eyes extremely wide every few moments for no apparent reason. This continued for several weeks and persists now during school and when she gets home. She also will tug at her bottom eye lids, causing some slight bruising as she does it frequently. She recently received a full eye exam--her first, which she did GREAT… read more

My daughter just left with her class for a trip to Hawaii! I wish I would have known about the DPNA code when they were making reservations. Am I the last to know?

From the link below:

In 2008, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) introduced a new code, “DPNA”, which stands for “disabled passenger with intellectual or developmental disability needing assistance”. You can use this code to book flights for passengers with autism, down syndrome, and so on.

The code alerts airline… read more

How do you transition an 11 yo from rolling his whole body on the wall. He doesn't do this all the time just when he goes down the hallway. He loves it and sometimes he doesn't because he knows he's not supposed. Once he starts you can't stop him. He'll go back and forth a few times.

He is high functioning ASD, ADHD, Sensory seeker and behavior issues.

My ds sees his friends walk to school and from school alone... he is very upset and literally sad that he can not do this. We started letting him walk the dog this summer up and down the street. Of course he goes way to far but always comes back and I am proud of him for that. This is one thing we do when he wont go out and only wants to watch tv. Also, when he is fighting with me. It's one way I can get away from him. There are those really bad days and it gives me a break and he comes… read more

He wants to have it on Turbo cool. I don't actually know what the button is for and not sure if it will hurt anything. But I tell him it needs to stay off and he gets upset at us.

Answer: My dh went to a hardware store and bought one of those plastic boxes you see in businesses that cover the thermostat. You have to use a key to unlock it... it's time consuming but much cheaper then what we were going through. And you will get chuckles out of the extended family members but that is ok. A little ignorance is every in our world. ;O)

Very frustrating.. .I know my ds wants to play soccer but acts more like a cheerleader... I took him out a few years ago because of the comments. My dd plays and has issues too.. not diagnosed autistic but has other issues with limbs more like sezures... maybe dispraxia...not sure yet.