Can Diet Help Children with Autism?

by Miriam | May 17, 2016 | Autism, Life, Parenting

Here is an article that was written by Julie Matthews, a top US biomedical autism diet/nutrition specialist and Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) Practitioner, helps parents recover children from autism. She is a parent/physician educator and creator of “Nourishing Hope...

Understanding the Importance of Respite for Special Needs Parents

by Miriam | May 12, 2016 | Autism, Life, Mental Health, Parenting

Contribution by Dawn Grosvenor, a mother of a daughter who demonstrated signs of autism after three years of age. After formally being diagnosed as PDD-NOS, recognized as an Autism Spectrum Disorder, a new search for autism treatments, materials, classes and teachers...

Your Child’s Needs Come First and So Does your Sanity

by Miriam | Mar 1, 2016 | Abuse, Autism, Communication, Life, Parenting

Last week there was horrible news circulated about a woman who murdered her 6 year old autistic sonin cold blood by throwing him off a bridge. Whenever you hear of stories like this, it is disturbing to say the least. This particular woman was a caregiver to her...

Never Judge Anyone Because you Don’t Know what Battles they are Facing

by Miriam | Jan 26, 2016 | Autism, Bullying, Communication, Life, Parenting

Quite recently I was on a weight loss forum and this poor woman on there was extremely upset about her recent encounter she had at a coffee shop. This woman has a 10-year old son who is at the severe end of the autism spectrum. He is non-verbal, he is dependent on her...

New Aha Book- Time to End the Stigma of Mental Challenges Like Depression

by Miriam | Oct 10, 2015 | ADHD, Autism, Books, Life, Mental Health, Parenting, Self-Development

Today is Mental Health Awareness Day and a few things need to be said about what the day is about. So many parents are dealing with mental illness, whether their kids are typically developing or that have special needs. If a parent (in most cases, the mother since she...

Three Reasons I don’t See Eye to Eye with Many Other Special Needs Parents

by Miriam | Sep 24, 2015 | ADHD, Autism, Life, Parenting

I realized I have mentioned how important it is for parents who are raising kids with special needs to hang around those in similar situations for support and friendship. However, many times that could end up disastrous. Especially if seeing eye to eye doesn’t...