I want so badly for my baby to join in on the festivities. I want her to believe in Santa, get excited to open presents, go trick or treating, do Easter egg hunts, etc. Those of you who have kids who participate in holidays, at what age did it start? I obviously know I can't make her as she's not neurotypical but I'm just looking for some hope cause I always envisioned being a mom that did all the fun stuff with her baby.

TBH— I want a comparison. I guess I want to stop ignoring attention seeking just because of my emotions.

If there are any believers this is not the post for you I'm sorry. My PDD daughter believes santa is dead (his spirit is alive) and that I give her gifts every Christmas. She does not filter her words in front of anyone and I worry that she is going to say something when another child is around. How do I explain it to her?

My son loves to eat and eats quite a few things, but he will regurgitate his food and seems to be eating it a second time ( so gross I know). I don't know why he does this or even how to stop it, any ideas would be great.

We were assigned a team of Intensive In Home Therapists following my 16 year old son's last hospitalization in early June. I am finding this endeavor to be vastly unsuccessful, partly due to his non-cooperation, but also due to the 'red tape' that seems to override actual services. Has anyone had positive/negative experiences with IIHS before?

All I want for Christmas is in the Playroom
Toys! Toys, toys, toys and more toys! There is nothing wrong with toys. I’m not one for spending big on Christmas. But, I don’t pass judgment on anyone who does. Some people believe it is child neglect if you don’t spend at least $1000 every season on all of your child’s requested favorites. If you don’t have that kind of money you shouldn’t even be a parent they reason. It’s all about making them happy and seeing their smile as they unwrap presents.… read more

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

We are currently home schooling my 14 year old grandson because 9th grade in the public school was very unacceptable to him - the school - too many people - Chromebook’s - he was regressing and that was not acceptable to us. So homeschooling has been good so far but what we are finding out is that we think his aides were doing the work for him. We started homeschooling with pre algebra and found he couldn’t do it, (even though he got the 8th math award for the highest average). We are now… read more