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The tricky landscape of navigating the holidays

Navigating the holidays can be a tricky landscape– there are usually too many chiefs and not enough Indians. Can you relate? I have found with the right support and mindset in place, creating new traditions and fun memories can help … Continue reading

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AspienWoman Mentor Interview Series: Author, Advocate and TedX presenter, Jeanette Purkis

Happy New Year! Enjoy Taniaann Marshall’s  inspirational ‘AspienWoman Mentor Interview Series’ on  author Jeanette Purkis.  TedX presenter Purkis is the author of  Finding a Different Kind of Normal: Misadventures With Asperger Syndrome. Jeanette has a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome. She also has … Continue reading

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LOL! Birthdays not preferred on holidays?

20 Percent: The diminished likelihood that you were born on Christmas, compared with an average day. Perhaps largely because many cesarean births can be scheduled in advance, doctors and patients seem to avoid certain days — and choose certain others. … Continue reading

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Rubella, the MMR Vaccination, and Autism

Rubella, the MMR Vaccination, and Autism In this particular blog I will continue expanding on my line of thinking regarding what I consider to be the basic abnormality in the brains of individuals with autism spectrum […] via Cortical Chauvinism … Continue reading

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Make the Connection | —

Welcome Home.  Thanks for your sacrificial service.  We appreciate our soldiers and military personnel who are still in harms way.  This Veterans holiday, we hope you ‘Make the Connection’ in your communities, stateside and abroad. Connect by Life Events Explore life … Continue reading

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Is ‘CONTEXT EVERYTHING’?

Consider MY Perpectives when considering what I “KNOW” – “My entire life has essentially been one big misunderstanding about people.  It wasn’t that I disliked people or was scared of them but I never got them.  I thought other people … Continue reading

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DESTINY

Everyday Health shares inspiration: ‘Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.’ ~ Author Jeremy Kitson, ‘Life Purpose Inspirational … Continue reading

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Originally posted on Applied Behavioral Strategies:
We hope that you all are enjoying your summer as much as we are enjoying ours. We have each taken time off to spend non-work time with our families. Time off means that our…

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Light Up a Sensory Diet!

Seven Ways to Light Up a Sensory Diet with Glow Sticks With Sensory Savvy Lenses: a tool for activities which encourage: auditory input fine motor skills motor planning proprioceptive input tactile input visual input Learn more ways to enhance sensory … Continue reading

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Autism Lifestyle Poll

Hi5! Do you believe “Life on the Autism Spectrum can be enjoyable”? Take this poll to share what activities you engage in to enhance your AS lifestyle. “Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable.” Take the ‘Auitsm Lifestyle Poll’ … Continue reading

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