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If you have a strong-willed child, you probably notice that they are charismatic and creative, move quickly, make their own rules, and let you know what they want and when they want it (now!). They tell other children what to do and refuse to do what they don’t want to do. Your strong-willed child may [...]
Your child loves computers, video games, or anything mechanical. He or she would love to stay in the house and play on the iPad or computer all day every day. It is unnerving and a little (or maybe a lot) scary to see how absorbed your child becomes in these devices. You plot and plan [...]
Camp seems like the perfect place for an exuberant child who is excited about everything. However, these are also the kids who may melt down at home or unexpectedly, at camp. They may seem fine one minute and then explosive the next. Here are a few tips and suggestions for helping your energetic child have [...]
The cautious, sensitive, maybe shy and serious temperament can be one of the toughest to manage during these raucous camp days. Parents want their child to have lots of friends, fun in the sun and go wild at camp but these kids may have another idea or other needs. One of the trickiest things about [...]
Every spring parents ask us about summer camps that would be appropriate for their sons or daughters; camps that embrace neurodiversity. And every year I tell myself I’m going to search the area for the best camps so I have a great resource list. But each year I can’t seem to get my act together [...]
Part of the genetic makeup of any siblings seems to be that there is some sort of rivalry between them. I have a brother, and we were competitive when we were living in the same home. And now my boys exhibit the same symptoms of rivalry that I recall as a child. With my own [...]
In this life I am missing the ability to go out into the world and just be accepted for my natural autistic self. I must inhibit so many of my natural responses just to fit in enough for others to allow me a place in the world. I have discovered that to have a place [...]
These terms are thrown around these days. Yet, I do not believe you can have one without the other. Psychology Today identifies emotional intelligence as the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. I would argue that we are all responsible for our own emotions, but that there are some [...]
Because of my autism I have an autistic thinking style. One characteristic often attributed to me is “inflexible thinking.” Flexibility in thinking has to do with being able to adapt when circumstances change by adjusting or shifting from one expectation to another. This has never been easy for me, but I have learned how to [...]
There’s a problem in special needs education which I refer to as “the remedial effect”. It is a form of mostly unintentional discrimination which occurs when schools underestimate special needs students and automatically put them into remedial classes. As a child, it happened to me quite regularly even though I’d protest; “I’m deaf, I’m not [...]
