The chaos of packing, airport crowds and security, lengthy car rides and yes, even overexposure to family and friends is enough to erode any holiday traveler’s festive spirit. Add traveling with children into the equation, especially when special needs are involved, and some parents might wish they could just stay home. But a few preparations,
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Here are the week’s headlines in Special Needs and Autism. As always, no commentary from us – You decide! Mainstreaming and Autism Special needs families need special plans Dr. Manny: New Blood Test for Autism Seems to be On the Way Could Amanda Knox Have an Autism Spectrum Disorder? For Some With Autism, Jobs to
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From our newsletter… Moving from awareness to understanding is easier when you can personally connect to a child or family that faces the challenges of autism. As the news media ramped up its coverage during April’s Autism Awareness month, Fun and Function helped to provide a more personal context by introducing journalists to individual parents
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The chaos of packing, airport crowds and security, lengthy car rides and yes, even overexposure to family and friends is enough to erode any summer traveler’s free spirit. Add traveling with children into the equation, especially when special needs are involved, and some parents might wish they could just stay home. But a few preparations
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Why do children act out with maladaptive behaviors? Many factors contribute such as poor sensory processing, changes in the child’s schedule, insufficient attention, feeling unwell — or simply enjoying the negative attention. It’s important to pinpoint the root of the problem so the intervention can be targeted and effective. Often, poor behaviors are the result
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Our new website By Kids Only lets kids have a say about what their clothing should look like. With parental supervision, kids can share their design ideas with friends and family and solicit votes. We are super excited to create the first seamless, tagless therapeutic clothing line designed by kids but need as many entries
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The evil coat is very bad. It holds on to 7 year old David all the time and makes him so hot. Now this is the bad part. You have to wait until you are at least eighteen to be on your own to go to Antarctica. Even when it is boiling outside. So this is the story of the evil coat:
