Dear Friends and Family, As you already know, our daughter Haley had a brain bleed shortly after birth, which led to her diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy. Fortunately, Haley is doing incredibly well and we have aggressively treated her since birth with both therapy and more recently surgery. Unfortunately not all ...

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Normally when our son is as quiet and as well behaved as we found him to be yesterday our first reaction is to haul out a thermometer “ he must be sick”   This does not really mean that we consider him poorly behaved but he is ...

This video by Temple Grandin that my wife found today has an excellent message for those trying to understand some of the challenges facing autistic children and their caregivers      

Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the second post in the "Tweeps Helping Peeps" series. Today it is my great pleasure to introduce you to a wonderful little man with a big heart and a great love for adventure.  Everyone, say hello to Ty! Ty ...

I have a son named Connorhe’s not like you and mewhen he was born he changed our lifein ways we couldn’t seeIn his crib we hung up mobileshe loved to watch them spinbut his cows never quite “jumped the moon”as we sat and wondered when:He would ...

Well after a decent summer it is time for our son to get ready for school again as in only two more weeks he will be back doing his normal school routine.   We are due to meet with his TA’s and teacher before the school year though ...

Today was an awesome day. Haley and I went on a date to the park. We went to a park that she does not usually go to. As soon as we arrived there was an ice cream truck so we got some ice cream bars. After eating the bars we ...

"Twitter is stupid." "Social media will be the downfall of our society." "Nobody cares what you had for lunch."  You've heard it all, haven't you?  Maybe you've even said it.  But I can prove you wrong.  Well, at l...

I originally saw this story on another blog and felt I should share it     All too often we hear of tragedies involving children with autism.  A few months ago I wrote about the killing of James Alenson by his classmate who was ...