childhood

My Son with Aspergers: Through the Eyes of a Father

I am the father of a son with Aspergers Syndrome and through the years of my wife and I raising him, it has had many challenges for me. As a father I wanted him to take interest in outdoor activities, sports and other things that we could do together butContinue Reading

Sibling Friendship and Aspergers: When Childhood Friends Outgrow Each Other

By: Katherine Goodsell

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I don’t know if telling this story will date me, but I guess it doesn’t matter that I grew up in the sixties. I remember as a child, that song and story about Puff the Magic Dragon. The special friendship he and Christopher Robbins had together, but then the boy growsContinue Reading

Your Child's diagnosis, becoming an expert

Mental Health in Your Community: Learning to Support Your Child’s Diagnosis

By: Maverick Crawford

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The community I was from is set up for autistic people, people like me, to fail. One of the big issues in a minority community is that mental health is not addressed and no one believes in it. The resources are usually not available or difficult to find for peopleContinue Reading

How to Expand A Picky Eater’s Diet: Feeding and Food Chaining

By: Autism Community Network

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Since feeding involves all sensory systems (sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste), eating is the most difficult sensory task that children face. Feeding issues are especially common in children with autism, including those with Aspergers, because of difficulties with sensory processing. In many cases, this leads to eating challenges atContinue Reading

Fidgeting: Using Games and Exercise for Children with Excess Energy

By: Alfred Chavira

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Fidgeting is a common result of excess energy in children and can interfere with positive behaviors. Excess energy and fidgeting can be distracting and disrupt learning. According to an article on Autism Speaks, by Geraldine Dawson and Michael Rosanoff, “Increased aerobic exercise can significantly decrease the frequency of negative, self-stimulatingContinue Reading

Asperger Syndrome From Diagnosis to Independence Part 1: Diagnosis

By: Jennifer Allen

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The summer of 2017 Aspergers101 hosted a free informational series on Aspergers at the San Antonio Public Library. We have recorded each of these valuable sessions in video and powerpoint format so that you can have access to them at any time. Below, watch the first workshop from our InformationalContinue Reading

Using Mini-Maps to Plan for Challenging Behavior in the Community

By: Jennifer Allen

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Mini-maps can be highly effective in dealing with work avoidance behaviors at school and at home. Let’s now take this same strategy and apply it in community settings. Remember, a mini-map takes an event or task and breaks it down into smaller, more doable steps.For a family that has difficulty withContinue Reading

The Journey of Parenting a Child with Asperger’s with Powerful Successes

By: Amy Mulholland

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When you raise children on the spectrum (and with other challenges) life is full of unknowns and uncertainties. Our son, Daniel, was not officially diagnosed until the 5th grade. We knew the way he reacted to situations and approached learning in school was not typical. Every year, as he movedContinue Reading

Children with Autism Face Higher Risk of Abuse

By: Maverick Crawford

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As a person with Autism and having suffered tremendous amounts of abuse as a child, I believe that it is vital for the Autism community to understand how to deal with these issues. Being diagnosed with many disabilities along with Autism, I lived a childhood of often being rejected andContinue Reading

Choosing Your Child Over the Judgement of Others

By: Jennifer Allen

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Like many times in life, you come upon a fork in the road. One choice leads you down a certain path and the other choice leads you down a very different road. Finding out your child has autism is complex enough, but eventually we all come to the same fork in theContinue Reading

discipline, disciplining, asperger's children

Important Things to Always Remember When Disciplining Asperger’s Children

By: Reese Eskridge

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Oftentimes aspies exhibit challenging behaviors just like any other child. However, aspies have other factors when it come to learning and emotions that render most traditional disciplinary methods ineffective; whether the discipline takes place in school, at home, or anywhere else. This blog outlines some important considerations for effective aspie discipline.Continue Reading

Overcoming Denial to Participate in Joy with Your Child

By: Jessica Nieminski

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It’s not easy to hear that your child is going to struggle in certain ways. The fear of the future can be downright paralyzing and while all children are perfect in their own way, it’s not what you dream up when you first think about having a child. Nobody fanaticizesContinue Reading

Sibling Friendship and Aspergers: When Childhood Friends Outgrow Each Other

Mental Health in Your Community: Learning to Support Your Child’s Diagnosis

How to Expand A Picky Eater’s Diet: Feeding and Food Chaining

Fidgeting: Using Games and Exercise for Children with Excess Energy

Asperger Syndrome From Diagnosis to Independence Part 1: Diagnosis

Using Mini-Maps to Plan for Challenging Behavior in the Community

The Journey of Parenting a Child with Asperger’s with Powerful Successes

Choosing Your Child Over the Judgement of Others

Important Things to Always Remember When Disciplining Asperger’s Children

Overcoming Denial to Participate in Joy with Your Child

Coping to Excelling DVD

The Autism Charm (Bracelet)