by Tamara | Dec 2, 2023 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
We all enjoy recreation, whether it’s activities outdoors or different types of them and hobbies indoors. Yet did you realize there is recreational therapy and that it could benefit your child or teen with autism? Better yet, that it’s usually covered by your state’s...
by Tamara | Nov 25, 2023 | Getting Help
For working parents, we don’t always get as many days off as our kids do for school holiday and other breaks. If your child is in a year-round or balanced calendar school system, then they may have two weeks off both for fall and spring breaks. They also usually get...
by Tamara | Sep 3, 2023 | Getting Help
When you have a child with autism and ADHD, the costs for their treatments, medication, care and services can really add up over time. Even if you have stellar health care benefits, you still have to pay the deductible and then the coinsurance or co-pays. Many...
by Tamara | Apr 30, 2023 | Getting Help
It seems to me like parents are not as surprised when their child is diagnosed with ADHD. In many cases, you may have seen the signs for a long time before you finally talk to your child’s doctor about being tested. Some of those signs are hyperactivity that makes it...
by Tamara | Mar 19, 2023 | Getting Help
Having a child with additional needs is challenging, but having a child with more than one condition is even harder. I write mostly about autism and ADHD on this blog, however, there is a growing number of people who have both Down Syndrome and autism. This is even a...
by Tamara | Nov 4, 2022 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
Studies have shown time and again how interaction with animals can benefit autistic children. We can definitely include horses in that mix. In fact, there is horseback riding therapy called equine therapy (also referred to technically as hippotherapy) that has proven...
