This is a great video. It shows the first five years in the life of Quinn: a wonderful, exuberant, mostly non-verbal boy with autism. You can see how the signs appeared over time, even before his diagnosis was made at 21 months.
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Below are some helpful resources that I have found for parents with children who have autism or other sensory integration disorders. Austism Solution Center Autism Society of Middle Tennessee AutismList.com Prainito Pediatric Therapy
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Many parents and caregivers of someone on the Autism Spectrum know what it is like to be short on sleep! For some reason, sleep disturbance is a common problem with autism.
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This is my grandson David with his weighted blanket. After he was diagnosed with autism, the family was looking for a quality weighted blanket so he could sleep through the night. I couldn’t find any quality ones which were affordable, so I made one for him myself with the help of my good friend, Carol [...]
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