by Sarah Young | Oct 14, 2019 | Parent Education
You experience a certain growth as the parent of a child with autism. When my son Nick was first diagnosed at three with severe autism, I was all “We need to get going on this thing! How are we going to fix this?” I was anxious, nuts, not grounded, if you will. Over...
by Sarah Young | Jul 10, 2019 | Awareness, Behavior, Parent Education
As my son Jake, who is 21, finishes his final year at the Delaware Autism Program (DAP), he still exhibits hiding behavior in certain situations. The behavior is less intense than it was when he was younger. For example, Jake does well if I just stop by school and...
by Sarah Young | Jul 5, 2019 | Parent Education
Growing up, I developed expectations of what fatherhood would entail. For raising a son, I expected Little League Baseball, tossing the football around, cheering my son at high school football championships, and the like. As we parents of children with autism all find...
by Sarah Young | Jun 12, 2019 | Parent Education
The Autism Delaware Google group offered parents the chance to write about the effect of adapted physical education (PE) on their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here are the four questions: • Is your child’s adapted PE experience appropriate for his or...
by Sarah Young | May 20, 2019 | Parent Education, Resources
When my older, neurotypical son Frankie was in the fourth grade, begins parent Jen Nardo, he wrote a book report about a child living with autism. During Frankie’s oral report, he talked about his younger brother Jake and some of the challenges our family faced at the...
by Sarah Young | Apr 23, 2019 | Parent Education
Parent2Parent, by Jen Nardo Every phase of our kids’ lives comes with its own set of worries and concerns. I remember when my boys were born that I worried about their eating, sleeping, and “diaper activities.” Those beginner worries moved on to sitting, crawling,...
