by Marcia Hinds www.grey-alligator-855340.hostingersite.com Just getting Ryan to take the medications at the beginning of his medical treatment was a major accomplishment. Back then, he was still too young to swallow pills. And some of the medications only came in adult sizes. I tried what seemed like a hundred different ways to solve this…
by Marcia Hinds www.grey-alligator-855340.hostingersite.com Exercise is key for our kids. But helping them get better isn’t the result of doing one thing, but doing many things combined to alleviate the stress on their overloaded immune systems. And just like everything else about autism, helping our kids is complicated. Doctors and other professionals don’t use…
by Marcia Hinds www.grey-alligator-855340.hostingersite.com As much as our friends try to help us, parents with “typical” kids have no idea how difficult it is to raise a child with special needs. We aren’t just parents, chauffeurs, cooks or in charge of the family’s social calendar. We are physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, teachers,…
by Marcia Hinds www.grey-alligator-855340.hostingersite.com Our children do grow up and improve in spite of all our worrying. I’m probably not the one who should be giving advice on this subject. And don’t use this mom as your example of what to do, because my worrying gene was on steroids. It only had an “on”…
by Marcia Hinds www.grey-alligator-855340.hostingersite.com Some people think we should just accept autism. They believe autism is a gift. They think if we treat the symptoms, we are changing who our children are. I probably won’t change anyone’s mind, but I need to say this anyway. Our children are the gift, autism is not.…
