by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com This is a guest blog Marcia Hinds did for Kelli Wheeler. Kelli is an award winning family columnist and wrote a book called Momservations: The Fine Print of Parenting. You can read even more of her funny mom observations on the blog on her website www.momservations.com Momservation: “When you…
By Frank Hinds – Ryan’s Dad www.autism-and-treatment.com I’ve never been an emotional person. I’m a linear, logical, place-for-everything-and-everything in-its-place kind of guy. That served me well throughout Navy ROTC, flight school, and commercial aviation. To say I was ill-equipped to deal with Ryan’s autism may be the understatement of my life. Dealing with autism is…
by Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Did you ever notice our kids usually talk too loud? The way I taught my son volume control was by saying in a whisper, “Sometimes we talk real soft like this.” Then I would yell in a loud voice, “And sometimes we talk loud like this.”…
A note from Marcia… Our children live in two worlds: home and school. Children with autism excel at failing in both of them. At home, Ryan always had me and the rest of his family to guide and protect him. But I worried about who would do that for him at school. Ryan’s hover…
