Every Sunday, we select the week’s big special needs news stories and blog posts. This week, we feature 10 news stories, five blog posts, and this week’s posts from the Friendship Circle blog. NJ Today: NJ Congressman Introduces Legislation For Tourette Syndrome Before Congress’ holiday recess, U.S. Representative Albio Sires introduced the Collaborative Academic Research [...]
Every four years the state of Iowa captures the national spotlight. Since 1972, the Iowa caucuses have been the first major electoral event of the nominating process for President of the United States. Enter Sam Wessels. Sam is a nine year old Iowan who has Autism. Sam and his mom Lin wanted to know what [...]
Last week in the Friendship Circle blog, Jennifer wrote about the importance of developing self-confidence as a parent of a child with special needs. Part of that confidence comes from daily routines and structure at home and school, and part of it comes from following evidence-based practices. This has certainly been true for [...]
My son has always responded positively to certain types of visual stimulation. Even as a baby, he loved to visit art museums, botanical gardens and nature trails. Surrounding him with beauty is an easy way to encourage all types of communication. Fresh air and sunshine are a surefire way to relieve his chronic anxiety, too. [...]
1. Wandering Children With Autism There is no doubt about it. As the amount of children with autism grows, the stories of children with autism wandering expands as well. This is a crises that is happening in every state, city and community. Many tracking devices are now on the market and special needs organizations are working with law enforcement agencies [...]
2011 was a year of growth and excitement for The Friendship Circle Resource blog. With close to 200 articles posted in 2011 we have grown both in content and viewers. 2012 looks to be an exciting year for this blog as we unveil a new look, add more writers, viewers and content. Before we take on the [...]
Don’t Worry! Let me assure you that life will get easier. When my daughter was young, I was sure that life as I once knew it was over. Kids will be Kids Going to the grocery store with two toddlers seemed impossible. One of my children could not walk and the other child was running [...]
Every Sunday, we select the week’s big special needs news stories and blog posts. This week, however, we bring you 14 great blog posts from the past two weeks. Ams Vans: Traveling with Special-Needs Children Is Worth the Effort Every child with autism reacts differently when their routine is disrupted by family traveling, but careful [...]
Every Sunday, we select the week’s big special needs news stories and blog posts. This week, we’re featuring 12 special needs news stories from the past two weeks. New York Times: In Treating Disabled, Potent Drugs and Few Rules An investigation by the New York Times shows that psychotropic medications, which are used to treat [...]
What is Handle? H.A.N.D.L.E is an acronym for Holistic Approach to NeuroDevelopment and Learning Efficiency. It was created by Dr. Judith Bluestone, who developed it based on her own experiences with autism. Why I Like It H.A.N.D.L.E is a sensory integration therapy and it’s changed the way I look at everything. It’s taught me to read [...]
