by Tamara | Aug 31, 2024 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
Whether your child was just diagnosed with autism, or you need additional care or services for them, it can be a daunting task to find the right healthcare professional who can help. There are so many types of healthcare professionals who provide autism-related...
by Tamara | Jun 1, 2024 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
Whether your child has just been diagnosed with autism and/or ADHD, or you find yourself needing new care and services for your autistic child or teen, it’s not always easy to find providers that are a good fit. So how can you find autism programs and services nearby...
by Tamara | Mar 13, 2024 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
If your autistic child has verbal and/or other communications challenges, a Picture Exchange Communications System, also called PECS, could be a wonderful way to enhance how your child communicates. But what is PECS and how as a parent can you find it and someone to...
by Tamara | Feb 10, 2024 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
Many autistic children struggle with eating. This can be due to sensory issues with food such as the texture, taste, smell or temperature. Others are more inflexible about what they will eat because of the way they think about food. Some autistic children have...
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 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...
