The Window Cynthia Emily Griggs - Niswonger

So, there is a crazy amount of stress to be found in my everyday world. There are therapies, schools, and personal battles to be won. Always in my heart there is the worry that I’m missing something. Some diet, some therapy, some supplement, or something that could make his world better all boiling down to [...]

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Surrendering Lessons From a Type A in Remission Warrior Mom

Before having children I was efficient, punctual and tidy. Known as “controlling” by those closest to me —a textbook Type A. Evolution has since exerted its dominance and old standards of “perfection” and “completion” have been re-defined. With the entrance of each child into the family commune, a little piece of my old self has vanished.  Thrust [...]

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When The Tables Start To Turn Warrior Mom

When life changes and you see your mom through your own "mothering eyes."

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Half Of Parents In the UK Bribe Their Children To Read Jack Eason

“Many parents believe it is more difficult for their child to spend time learning to read, with all the other distractions available, than it was when they were growing up. Almost half of parents in the UK admit resorting to bribery to get their children to read, a new survey has suggested. Parents are using [...]

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High School Football and One More $ Please! Amanda M. Thrasher

High School Football and One More $ Please! One of my fondest memories of transitioning from the small religious English schools I attended, to an American High school was without a doubt the festivities that revolved around the Friday night football games. My children attend a fabulous school. It is a charter school, a wonderful [...]

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Signs and Symptoms And More About Autism Cynthia Emily Griggs - Niswonger

I'm adding my drop to the ocean of pages, literature, diagnostic criteria, and expert voices out there because in my life I don't know if I will ever quite leave off the pain found in allowing my voice to wisp away in the presence of a person I saw as the expert more qualified than me. In her sight out of fear or I don't even know what I placidly ignored what I knew.

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Kids Will Say the Darnedest Things Jan Ross

“Good afternoon, Charlie, welcome to Bart’s House Party!” Charlie blushed revealing his obvious embarrassment. “Hi!” “You know why you’re here, right? This is National Firefighter’s Week and from what I understand, your daddy is a firefighter.” The studio audience was immediately captivated by this adorable 4-year old on center stage. “So, Charlie, tell me. What [...]

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Autism Diaries – part four Cynthia Emily Griggs - Niswonger

October 26, 2009 I called the Regional Center today. It is an organization that provides help for families with kids who have special needs. I got a worker assigned for Nicholas. I described his symptoms and we used the word Autism and Autism spectrum a few times. It was all so civilized. Numbing the affability [...]

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Autism Diaries – part three Cynthia Emily Griggs - Niswonger

On Mother’s Day I feel a need to reflect. There are things I’ve learned as a direct result of my walk with my son’s Autism. There are things that I think have value and ones I would not trade even if it meant I could suddenly wake up to a son who could say my [...]

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Autism for Dummies – part two Cynthia Emily Griggs - Niswonger

Again we must remember the spectral aspect of Autism. If we view it like a rainbow in our minds we can follow it through all the way across. We see mild at one end, and the bigger parts all edging toward the middle, all the way to the furthest extreme side. So we when speak [...]

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Autism for Dummies – part one Cynthia Emily Griggs - Niswonger

What is Autism? I wanted to wait awhile and educate myself as to what it is said to be and what it looks like for us. Medically and diagnostically speaking it is a pervasive developmental spectrum disorder. This means that if you line a hundred children with Autism up together you will find three areas [...]

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Autism Diaries Cynthia Emily Griggs - Niswonger

October 23, 2009 Today I met with the mother of a 16 year old boy who is Autistic. She echoed, but in a way I could finally hear, what the pediatrician had finally begun to suspect and what speech pathologist had immediately suggested upon meeting my son. This mother said what I knew, what even [...]

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