Category: Autism

I am pleased to announce that our book, “You Don’t Want to Go For a Ride: Our Family’s Journey with Autism” is now available for pre-order. It is available on Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, the release date is September 19th. The book is available as an ebook, paperback or hardcover. The link is for…

Latest News about “You Don’t Want to Go For a Ride” I’ve updated the cover photo for the page, I wanted to share a pic of our new book. Forgive the dark picture, it is getting late and I turned off lights in the room so my glasses would have too much of a glint…

Suggestions for Improving Sleep I was at an autism support meeting a few months ago and there was a question about ideas for getting autistic children to sleep. I have my own problems with insomnia and I have gradually built up some techniques I use to improve my sleep. They don’t always work, but perhaps…

Moving From Red Alert to Green Light. In the last few years I have changed  how I view my sons autism. For many years I focused on getting him to fit in with other people, completing his studies so he could go to college, and pushing him to find work and start earning money. I…

Movie Reviews: Po and Life, Animated In the last year I watched two films about families dealing with autism. The first movie was Life, Animated, based on a true story of parents and their son, Owen. The book described how the family connected with Owen with Disney films. The second movie was Po, based on…

Book Publishing Progress This week I’m playing with the creation of a PDF for our book, “You Don’t Want to Go for a Ride”. Last night I was writing about my progress with PDF creation when I realized that it might help if I took a step back to see if there is another way…

As part of autism awareness, I would like to announce our upcoming book about our family and experiences with autism. The book has completed our editing process and I am in the process of pulling it together for publication. The plan is for a release in September 2017 and I will be posting more information…

Worldwide Autism Awareness Day – 4/2/2017 April is Autism Awareness month and many different pages on Facebook are posting information. I enjoy the diversity of information and opinions from different viewpoints. There are parents, autistic adults and caregivers writing about their experiences, their trials and tribulations. While autism is a central theme, there are many…

Autistic Burnout, Family Burnout I continue to learn about autism and I found a new concept, autistic burnout. The term is not an official diagnosis but adults on the spectrum have reported on it. It occurs when an autistic person is spending their time and energy trying to appear normal without any break or rest. …

Why Parents Want Autism to Go Away In the last few years I’ve been reading articles by autistic adults. Many of these adults comment about parents how children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are treated.  One of the common issues in these articles is parents focus on curing autism instead of providing support. Autistic adults…