by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Because language comes later for children with autism, many of our kids struggle with reading comprehension. Even though my son is now an engineer, his weakness in this area was one of my main concerns when he was in elementary school. This worried me, since reading…
by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com This was the outfit I had to wear a few times. It works for IEP’s meetings as well as Halloween. Just as Ryan didn’t understand the social cues, I didn’t always read the IEP team correctly. I was driven to fix Ryan’s autism. My intense focus…
By Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com A huge problem with the holidays is that we exhaust ourselves trying to give our family the perfect day and the perfect gift. My AHA moment that things would never be perfect came during the “Dollhouse Christmas.” That year, I spent several weeks (it seemed liked…
by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Teacher selection was not allowed in our school district, but I did it anyway. Before the end of each school year I observed and decided on who I thought would be the best teacher for the next grade. Then I wrote a letter to the principal…
By Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Most children want to interact with the people around them, but not my kid. Ryan was never “typical” before we treated his autism medically. Although Ryan now works as an engineer at a major aerospace company, when we first started down the road to recovery, my…
