Category: Autism Awareness
FREE Comprehensive Developmental Check-ups this Friday!
| April 26, 2012 | Posted by Jenny K. under Around Orange County, Autism Awareness, Health & Fitness, Parenting & Family, Uncategorized |
Pretend City is hosting FREE Comprehensive Developmental Check-ups this Friday April 27th from 8:30 to 11. Pretend City with its Good To Go From Head To Toe initiative can help educate parents and take the “scary” out of tracking your child’s developmental milestones. Most routine pediatrician visits to not include these very important developmental check-ups.…
Autism Awareness & A Missed Connection
| April 3, 2012 | Posted by Jenny K. under Autism Awareness, Parenting & Family, Uncategorized |
April is Autism Awareness Month. But every month, week, day, hour, and second in my life is dedicated to being aware of my son’s Autism. Being aware of his special needs, his special quarks, his probable behavior in specific situations, and being aware of what triggers meltdowns and other maladaptive behaviors. Autism has forced me…
Marriage
| March 22, 2012 | Posted by Jenny K. under Autism Awareness, Parenting & Family, Uncategorized |
Marriage is weird. There, I said it. It is freaking weird, and I’m surprised that I’ve survived. This past Sunday my husband and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. In all, we have been together for 8 years. That’s a HUGE chunk of my life, as I’ve now been in a relationship with my husband…
Becoming a “Freak”
| February 23, 2012 | Posted by Jenny K. under Autism Awareness, Health & Fitness, Parenting & Family, Uncategorized |
I never imagined that I would be that Mom that would do things like take her children off of dairy and gluten products, but alas… I have turned in to that Mom. I started my journey with eating Paleo back in October, and have seen nothing but benefits to my health since then. No dairy…
Developmental Screenings at Pretend City
| February 16, 2012 | Posted by Jenny K. under Around Orange County, Autism Awareness, Health & Fitness, Parenting & Family, Uncategorized |
Did you know developmental delay occurs when children have not reached these milestones by the expected time period. For example, if the normal range for learning to walk is between 9 and 15 months, and a 20-month-old child has still not begun walking, this would be considered a developmental delay. Developmental delays can occur in…
The Help Group & Music for Autism Present a Free Concert!
| February 15, 2012 | Posted by Jenny K. under Around Orange County, Autism Awareness, Parenting & Family |
The Help Group & Music for Autism present an interactive concert for individuals with autism and their families. The concert will offer a professionally performed, enriching musical experience in an environment where individual differences are celebrated. The one-hour interactive concert includes three segments – “concert time”, “conducting time” and “percussion time” – where concertgoers are…
Potty Training for Children on the Autism Spectrum
| February 6, 2012 | Posted by Jenny K. under Autism Awareness, Parenting & Family, Uncategorized |
As you may already know, one of my children is on the Autism Spectrum. Every day things that are easy for the average child can prove to be more difficult for my son. So, throw in the more difficult task of potty training and we were in for a long, hard battle to diaper freedom!…
Changes Bite
| January 7, 2012 | Posted by Jenny K. under Autism Awareness, Parenting & Family |
I have a son, and he’s awfully cute and adorable most of the time. He’s perfect looking in every way, but what you can’t see is that he has Autism. We struggle daily in our household with the symptoms of my son’s Autism. While we have been able to weed out some maladaptive behaviors here…
