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Fiction Books for Kids with Characters who have Autism or Disabilities Kids need to see themselves. What I mean by that is, our kids need to see others like them in books, movies, television. I found that it is not so easy to find fiction book characters with autism or other disabilities. The key word […]
Valentine Candy Conversation Hearts I feel like candy conversation hearts are like black jellybeans or Peeps. Or candy corn. People either love them or hate them. I am on team #lovethem but I also love Necco wafers. But not the pink ones. So I guess the same would be true for pink candy hearts. If […]
AngelSense My friend and fellow advocate Susan loves to tell this story. One morning she woke up and her son was gone. He is mostly non-verbal and autistic. Before panic was able to set in, a neighbor called to say they had found him. He was sitting on their living room couch. It was a […]
Insurance Appeals “I just know you’re going to do a blog post about this!” my friend Lisa told me. Yes, I knew I would. After all, any time I learn something that benefitted my child and could potentially help other children, I want to share the information. Particularly when it comes to navigating a difficult […]
IEP Mom Advocates IEP Moms are just the greatest. I’ve found that if you talk to Mom-Advocates, who I define as being pretty well versed in the IEP process, most can describe an exact moment when they realized that they couldn’t just be “Mom” anymore. That they had to become an assertive advocate. I thought […]
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