An excerpt from I KNOW YOU’RE IN THERE by Donna B. (Another Mom in the A-Club) www.autism-and-treatment.com Full disclosure: Back when I was single, child-free, and clueless, I thought I knew best, rolled my eyes and spouted my opinions with the best of them. I had opinions about how I would and could do it…
By Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Marriage is supposed to be “for better or worse.” It certainly has the potential to be “worse” when you have a kid with autism. All children need a loving and intact home. So please don’t let your mission to help your child get in the way…
By Marcia Hinds – Megan and Ryan’s Mom www.autism-and-treatment.com Most parents feel that there is never enough of them to go around. But when one of your kids has autism, a constant concern is the effect this diagnosis will have on your other children. My life, our family’s life, was Ryan, Ryan, and more Ryan. …
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…
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…
