Florence Freedom – Autism Awareness Event

There will be an autism awareness event at the Florence Freedom on June 13, 2010. The game starts at 6:05 PM, and the cost of each ticket is $10. The proceeds of each ticket will benefit Generation Rescue’s, Rescue Family grant program, which will be offered to a family in the Northern Kentucky area.

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Link Between Facial Expressions and Children With Autism

I saw a story this morning on ABC about Harvard experts studying babies and how they are affected by facial expressions,and how this is being used to discover Autism. At Charles Nelson’s Lab at Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA, scientists are using an electrode “net” to track responses of babies as they are shown both different facial expressions [...]

Starting A New Way To Help Families Raising A Child With Autism

I have been reading a new book, Empowered Autism Parenting, written by William Stillman (who has Aspergers) and I feel that I have learned even more about these kids (adults too) than I could have learned from some therapist that has never physically experienced it. While Autism is different from Aspergers in many ways, which [...]

Why A Child With Autism Is Not Misbehaved

The other day while in the grocery store, I witnessed a mom with her daughter and her son with Autism. To the naked eye I could see how the child could appear to an uneducated stranger as simply a misbehaved child. The boy was trying to get away from his mother and when he could [...]