CAUGHT ON TAPE: NJ Teachers Bully Students with Autism, Dad Takes Action Against District

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NJ Teachers Bully Students with Autism It’s all over the news this week and if you’re the parent of a child with Autism, you’re probably feeling what many others are, a combination of vindication and outrage, along with shock at what happened to this man’s son and fear that it is or could be happening [...]

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Autism Awareness Month & World Autism Awareness Day {April 2nd}

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Celebrate World Autism Awareness Day! Today is World Autism Awareness Day.  It’s a day for fundraising, educating our communities and sharing the message of how those with Autism have touched our lives. Today, I will celebrate by wearing BLUE for my nephew Adrian.  In honor of WAA Day and to kick off Autism Awareness Month, [...]

Removing an Autism Diagnosis Would Likely Revoke Access to Necessary Services

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  Some upsetting news this past week is making those in the Autism community very worried.  The reality is, that many essential services may no longer be available to parents of higher functioning Autistic children.  What does that mean?  Well, it’s hard to say what changes will come specifically, but it could mean that a lot [...]

Autism and Gluten & Casein-Free Diets

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  Discovering the Ins & Outs of Autism Diagnosis In April 2010 I was about to get an answer to the question I needed answered more than anything…“Does my child have Autism?” We had suspected that our then six year old Adrian had Autism since about 12 months old. He just was not progressing like [...]