Ever heard the phrase “It takes a village”? This quote could not be any truer, especially when considering autism. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, a diverse manifestation of human experience, an identity, a strength, and often a challenge. When these...
Parents of children on the autism spectrum hear a lot about what their children “should” be doing socially. But according to Michigan State University’s Barbara Thompson, autistic children are not simply failing to process social information; they may be processing it...
When most people think about helping someone learn, they picture teaching—explaining, guiding, correcting. But what if learning doesn’t start with teaching at all? Research shows that we learn through play, especially in early childhood. We also need to feel safe and...
Empathy, Patience, and Human Connection: Tutoring Special Needs Kids Michelle Waugh left academia to devote herself to special needs kids as a personal tutor. You can read about Michelle's approach to tutoring here. In a recent interview on Mookie Spitz's Bald...
Special Needs Students Have Special Needs For many children, learning to read, write, and comprehend stories is a natural progression. But for children with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, anxiety, and other conditions, these milestones can feel like mountains. Sounding out...
We have all heard the saying, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but how do we judge if something is actually broken? Of course, the term “broken” is quite derogatory to Neurodivergent (ND) people, and for a good reason. Still, there is a point to be made here: when...
I was never a reality TV guy. I used to watch some of the singing and cooking competition shows, but even those have gotten boring for me. My wife, however, more than makes up for me. A few years ago, she started talking to me about “Love on the Spectrum,” way before...
I was driving through a nearby town yesterday when I saw a police cruiser with a puzzle-piece bumper sticker for Autism Awareness Month. It warmed my heart to see that the village recognized autism enough to put a drop of money into stickers for their police units. Of...
As a parent, you want to do everything you can to help your child succeed. But it’s hard to be the best parent you can be when you’re taxed from managing your child's ADHD. Whether you’re overwhelmed from researching treatment options, frazzled by school phone calls,...
Now here's a mission that QRKIEZ can get behind: parents of neurodivergent kids helping parents of neurodivergent kids. So when we learned about what Glenda Carnate and team are building at autism health, Inc., we knew it was a story to share. autism health is an app...
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