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A blog of resources, help - and perhaps inspiration - things I wish I had known or known about long ago when I needed to start learning about autism and other special needs.

I do a lot of shopping online - what busy parent doesn't? - and the best part of my favorite shopping sites is the reviews.
 ".... this dress looks great on my full figure .... this blouse would be better on a tall thin person .... the color is blue, not purple as it seems on the website ...."

So please, leave comments on the things I mention, add things that could be helpful to other readers, and let me know about things to add to this blog. As you can tell, I'm just starting out - I'm planning the following sections: therapies and therapy providers; "green" housekeeping for special needs children; helpful tools and supplies; recreation; local organizations; local events; books, films, television; money matters (argh!), and anything else I run across that I think might be useful or interesting to the autism and special needs community in Austin, TX.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Beyond Play catalogue

My new Beyond Play catalogue arrived this week, and I was thrilled to see something new that might be helpful for my daughter. This company specializes in products for early childhood and special needs, and usually offer a very good and helpful selection of products. It's a bit overwhelming sometimes - I see things and think "would that help?" "can she use this at school?" but most of the time I just get great ideas.

http://www.beyondplay.com/index.htm

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Monday, February 27, 2012

blogging: 10 things not to say to a parent

With thanks to Nicky Clark!

blogging: 10 things not to say to a parent: Ten things not to say to the parent of a learning disabled child 1) Why is she doing that? 2) Can’t you stop her doing that? 3) How do y...
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Leadership Training for Autistic College Students

The Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Summer Institute is a week-long training for Autistic college students, meant to prepare them to engage in self-advocacy and pro-neurodiversity activism on their college campuses. The program is open for application right now -

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Call-for-Applicants--Leadership-Training-for-Autistic-College-Students.html?soid=1104220830834&aid=OLClKxVS3Hw
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Great news for iPad users!

I know that a lot of our kids have found the iPad to be a wonderful communication tool - this new development may be yet another good thing for our kiddos who can't read a conventional textbook!

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/story/2012-02-01/apple-ipad-ibooks/52923518/1

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Medical Tax Deductions for Special Needs Families!

The Johnson Center here in Austin is offering a free Webinar on Medical Tax Deductions for Special Needs Families. Timely, since I'm sure we're all thinking about taxes and expenses about now!

Here's the link - if it doesn't work when you click it, please try to cut and paste to your browser.

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=8ozzr7cab&v=001p2v57KM8pgayoFd6olv9aBhCi3qigP3T-VCs6ZC3WXabW-sAQ1g8Xqu9JFgSur06bIB5Pyc3j2CMku9EGzrFHBkpRfpZunDQfXpzQQY4ZzhKejVrO8kENQ%3D%3D
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