http://autismtoday.autisable.com/Latest Autisable weblog from autismtodayen-us60http://s.autisable.com/partners/autisable/images/logo-207x44.gifhttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/763220574/stories-from-the-heart-sasha/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/763220574/stories-from-the-heart-sasha/Wed, 23 May 2012 16:06:13 GMTSasha was born a healthy beautiful child with all the potential in the world. As a first time mother I was so anxious and happy at the opportunity to love and raise this perfect human being. He laughed, played, and met milestones as any other neuro-typical child. He would consistently say “Mama or Dada”. Sadly,<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-sasha/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/763220574/stories-from-the-heart-sasha/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/762908602/stories-from-the-heart-baptism-into-disability/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762908602/stories-from-the-heart-baptism-into-disability/Wed, 16 May 2012 15:19:58 GMTImmersion – maybe you’ve witnessed people being baptized in a river? They go to the water’s edge anticipating the dunking but also feeling some trepidation about the process.  I think, most of all, they are looking forward to the time beyond the ceremony when the new life conferred by the baptismal experience is part of<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-baptism-into-disability/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762908602/stories-from-the-heart-baptism-into-disability/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/762520162/stories-from-the-heart-success-is-not-always-reaching-your-goal/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762520162/stories-from-the-heart-success-is-not-always-reaching-your-goal/Wed, 09 May 2012 20:29:12 GMTThe new thing, potty training, was not going well for my son, Sawyer.  He had just begun working with in-home therapists and they wanted us to put him on the toilet every half hour.  My wife didn’t think he was ready.  I wanted to work on at least getting him desensitized to being in the<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-success-is-not-always-reaching-your-goal/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762520162/stories-from-the-heart-success-is-not-always-reaching-your-goal/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/762294475/stories-from-the-heart-i-wonder-why-my-baby-brother-has-autism/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762294475/stories-from-the-heart-i-wonder-why-my-baby-brother-has-autism/Wed, 02 May 2012 20:22:08 GMTMy baby brother, Michael, has Autism and is three years old.  He is just now learning to say some words.  Autism is something when it is hard for a baby to learn to talk. Sometimes it is hard to understand him.  He calls me ‘Jonin’ and he calls my brother ‘Woo-woo’. Well, he probably has<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-i-wonder-why-my-baby-brother-has-autism/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762294475/stories-from-the-heart-i-wonder-why-my-baby-brother-has-autism/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/762046058/stories-from-the-heart-alien/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762046058/stories-from-the-heart-alien/Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:48:53 GMTLast week I felt like the mother in the commercial, where her son shows her a good report card, and she starts to cry.  My son is growing up.  He pulled up his grades.  I wish he could do the same for his pants, but one thing at a time. We visited a college campus<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-alien/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762046058/stories-from-the-heart-alien/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/761640205/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/761640205/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:22:42 GMTI work day in and day out with children who have an array of disabilities. Truth be known, no two children are ever the same, despite the same labeled disabilities. What fascinates yet mystifies me at the same time, is our inability to see things the way that they do. Many children I work with<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/761640205/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/762027422/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762027422/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:22:42 GMTI work day in and day out with children who have an array of disabilities. Truth be known, no two children are ever the same, despite the same labeled disabilities. What fascinates yet mystifies me at the same time, is our inability to see things the way that they do. Many children I work with<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762027422/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/762908050/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762908050/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:22:42 GMTI work day in and day out with children who have an array of disabilities. Truth be known, no two children are ever the same, despite the same labeled disabilities. What fascinates yet mystifies me at the same time, is our inability to see things the way that they do. Many children I work with<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762908050/stories-from-the-heart-a-soft-wind-flowing/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/761304415/stories-from-the-heart-my-hope/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/761304415/stories-from-the-heart-my-hope/Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:10:21 GMTPerhaps through some miracle, my son David may turn out to be like Alfred Nobel, Pablo Picasso, or Hikari, but it is extremely unlikely. Those people touched the lives of multitudes through their works. David touches the lives of only a few, but the lives that he does touch are greatly enriched by his presence.<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-my-hope/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/761304415/stories-from-the-heart-my-hope/#firstcommenthttp://autismtoday.autisable.com/762027423/stories-from-the-heart-my-hope/http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762027423/stories-from-the-heart-my-hope/Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:10:21 GMTPerhaps through some miracle, my son David may turn out to be like Alfred Nobel, Pablo Picasso, or Hikari, but it is extremely unlikely. Those people touched the lives of multitudes through their works. David touches the lives of only a few, but the lives that he does touch are greatly enriched by his presence.<br/><a href="http://autismtodayblog.com/stories-from-the-heart-my-hope/" rel="nofollow">Read original post</a>http://autismtoday.autisable.com/762027423/stories-from-the-heart-my-hope/#firstcomment