We’re THAT Family: The Importance of Celebrations and Routines for Kids with Autism
By Maria Dwyer, SafeMinds Board Member “NO THANK YOU!” Colin, six years old, screamed over and over as if he were being stung by a thousand yellow jackets. We were 33 seconds into a 16-hour drive on I-95 from New York to Florida. No one had any idea why Colin was so upset. It took […]
The Tooth, the Whole Tooth and Nothing but the Tooth
By Eric Uram, SafeMinds Executive Director In my 50 plus years on this planet, I’ve been to the dentist about 100 times. Routine stuff mostly; I’ve never had the same degree of problems our first president did (George Washington had notoriously bad teeth). All the pearly whites you see in my mouth are mine. Those […]
This Mom Turned 45—But You Won’t Believe How She Celebrated Her Birthday.
By Elizabeth Kilpatrick My friend Jennifer was feeling depressed about her birthday. It was very hot in the small town on the West Coast where she lived, it felt like her kids had been bickering non-stop all summer, and her mom’s sudden death two years before on the 22nd, just five days before her birthday, […]
Top 10 Ways to Get Your Kid to Sweat This Summer (whether he’s neurotypical or not)
By Maria Dwyer, SafeMinds Board Member I saw a baby at the park yesterday chewing on an iPhone. She couldn’t have been more than six months old but she was already enjoying today’s modern technologies. It’s become socially acceptable for parents to hand their babies smart phones. We even have potty chairs with screens built-in […]
Action Alert: Stop the Bill – Call These Senators and ask for them to HOLD the bill
On Tuesday June 24, 2014, the House voted a passed H.R. 4631, renamed, “Autism CARES” The Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act.
What Happens When Children with Autism Age Out?
By Heidi Roger, SafeMinds Board Member This time of year is very hard. My friends and colleagues are all attending high school graduations, going to graduation parties, and talking about what colleges their kids got accepted to. My son Andrew is not going to college. Andrew is 19 years old but he does not have […]
