Music has always been a big part of my life. I was in band all through school, went to college originally as a music major and worked as a church choir director for five years. So you can imagine that I was beyond excited to take Noah to his first real, live concert tonight. We [...]

Today I was reminded, once again, that there are angels among us.  Sometimes it’s easy to forget in the hustle and bustle of our busy schedules.  Here’s what happened: I got a call from our local Sears Portrait Studio last night to remind me that Santa was going to be there today.  I schedule an appointment [...]

We had an absolutely fabulous weekend! This is partially thanks to Swan Creek Stables, who were kind enough to welcome the local autism mom support group, Southeast Michigan Spectrum Moms (and our kiddos) to come and learn about and experience their horses. I’m a huge fan of animals, but am a little nervous around horses. [...]

We don’t all win all the time, but that’s ok. In support of A4CWSN App party this weekend we are giving someone a second chance. Leave a comment on this blog post (not on Facebook) with the app you would like and we will choose one lucky winner to get the app of their choice, [...]

Last week, Larry wrote a blog about a show we watched (part of) in the new fall line up on CBS.  Read his response here.  The show made a deragatory reference to Temple Grandin.  For those of you who don’t know who Dr. Grandin is, she’s a woman with autism who is a doctor of [...]

On Monday night Erin and I were happy to see the new season of television was starting with shows we liked coming back and new shows premiering. Erin was about to go to bed and I tried to convince her to watch one more sitcom with me. Before she could say “no” I hit play on [...]

Our mainstay in treatment is definitely Applied Behavior Analysis but we have tried and continue to use some natural treatments.  My bias for ABA comes from the fact that it is scientifically based.  Even though natural remedies don’t have much of a scientific basis, they do work on a case to case basis. The Gluetin/Casein [...]

We’ve been using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) with Noah at his program and at home.  You can read about what this means here and here.  At Noah’s program, the reason for using PECS is multi-faceted.  It is intended to: Increase requesting of items Increase social interactions Practice social skills, such as eye contact [...]

A few weeks ago we took Noah to see the neurologist.  It was our second appointment.  We made the first appointment last fall because of a medication that this particular neurologist prescribes off label for young kids with autism.  The medication, Buspar, is currently being used in a trial that is headed up by Diane Chugani [...]

Pop Cap Games sent us a nice package in the mail yesterday, Pop Cap was the first developer that was willing to donate for our fundraisers. Were hoping to get many more nice donations like this. Thank you to Eric Walter at Pop Cap for your help!