The Essential how-to by parents—for parents
There has been a dangerous misinterpretation of an autism study. This is an article that was supposed to run back in February but the company dropped the ball or chickened out. We suspect the latter possibility. Since the information is still very valid we’ll share it here with you. By Andrew Areffi, Melissa Areffi, and … Read more
Our youngest daughter Bella had something to say on Zombies. As the saying goes, kids say the darnedest things. Because of that, we’ve decided to chronicle and share some of our kids more interesting conversations. I hope you enjoy. Our eldest daughter, Kennedy, is a huge Michael Jackson fan. Recently, I showed Kennedy and her … Read more
What have the last 15 years done to our understanding of autism and vaccines? We had 2 measles outbreaks in our daughter’s school. When you roll the dice you do it with everyone’s child. Ms. Willingham does an excellent job explaining the damage this has done to the world. The Price Of The Autism-Measles Panic, … Read more
Please share this with anyone living in the Southern California area. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/terry-dewayne-smith-missing_n_3567362.html MENIFEE, Calif. — Officials pledged to keep scouring a sun-scorched area of Southern California on Tuesday until they find an autistic 11-year-old boy who was last seen at his home during the weekend. Temperatures have topped 100 degrees every day since Terry Dewayne … Read more
Navigating Autism authors Melissa & Andy Areffi had a chance to sit down with Melissa Paul from Sac & Co and talk about their book and tips to parenting kids on the spectrum. We always find it amazing how small TV studios really are. Check out their website at SacandCo.net for more great interviews and … Read more
The Day Kennedy Areffi was Born – June 12th, 2002. Four years later, she was diagnosed with autism. This is the story of how she came into this world. It was June. It was always cold in June, I remember thinking, groaning when the Jeep slammed back down to earth after it struck a dip … Read more
Looking for summer or holiday fun with kids on the autism spectrum? Everyone loves to vacation, the hitch with having kids, is it’s not like you can leave them at home with a 5 pound bag of Cheetoes and wish them luck, or necessarily drop them off at the grandparents’ – let’s face it, most … Read more
Does your end game match your actions? Perhaps a better question to ask would be, “are your children prepared to live without you?” The thought of what our children will do when they grow up has been keeping us up at night. Everything started after Kennedy’s IEP when we suddenly realized she’s going to middle … Read more
Check out Kennedy’s latest review. http://pinterest.com/pin/76842737364731720 Angry Birds Toons is my favorite show. I like Red, Chuck, Bomb, Matilda, The Blues, Terrence, The Eggs, and those Bad Pigs. They are lots of fun but Red is my favorite. The Pigs try to steal the eggs and the birds attack them. Every adventure ends well. You … Read more
As parents we need to help our kids. When Kennedy, Alex and Bella were diagnosed they all had different stimming behavior. One they had in common was spinning. We tried to get them to stop and that didn’t work so we tried to find a way to make it useful. How can spinning be useful? … Read more