Moms On Autism

Welcome to momsonautism.com!

You most likely landed here because someone you know and love–a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, a niece, nephew, cousin or friend’s child–has been diagnosed with Autism.

My friend, Lisa, and I are two Moms who have sons with Autism. As parents, we are always reminding ourselves how far Mateo and Darby have come and not to compare them to anyone but themselves. Through it all we have found the positive strength to cope with this frustrating disorder.

Momsonautism.com will be community that shares positive stories about Autism though posts and podcasts that relate our experiences with various therapies, programs and strategies. We welcome contributions and comments about your family and your experiences.

We hope this will be as “therapeutic” for you as it has been for Lisa and me putting it together (with a LOT of help from wonderful friends!).

Written by Myra, mother of 7 1/2 year old Darby.

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We are having some technical difficulties on this Vaccination Podcast.  Our computer genius is out of town for a couple weeks, so we will try to get it working shortly!  Sorry!!!

Myra@momsonautism.com

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Our opinions on vaccinations!

 

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Friends can offer the much needed support when coming to grips with a diagnosis.

 

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Well, we planned on launching this when summer started, but hey, better late then never!  We will now have to do a podcast that tells you how our summer actually went!!

 

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I know you thought we were gone, but we are still here!!  As all parents know, summer can be a crazy time.  And since we know most of you listening are parents as well, we know you understand.  Now that the kids are back in school, Lisa and I have been doing some research as to better help our families and hopefully yours.  This is a website that was passed onto Lisa which we found to be very interesting.  (We have no affiliation with Merrill Lynch, but unfortunately it is a topic everyone with children who have autism or special needs have to address.)   

http://www.totalmerrill.com/TotalMerrill/pages/ArticleViewer.aspx?TITLE=specialneedsspecialadvice&referrer=specialneedsfinancialservices

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Did anyone else see the ABC News Primetime segment on Autism recently?  I thought it was very interesting!  Here’s the link:  http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5351161

Myra@momsonautism.com

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Autism can give a whole new meaning to touch, taste, hear, smell and see - the 5 senses!

 

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Happy Summer Everyone!

To help coordinate busy summer schedules (especially with Lisa’s 6
children!), we have decided to launch a new podcast every other week
instead of weekly for the time being.  We are still VERY excited about all
the positive feedback and cool things we have been allowed to do because
of this endeavor.  Thank you SO much to everyone and please keep coming
back!!

Thanks!

Myra

Myra@momsonautism.com

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A difficult decision whether to try medication for our children on the spectrum.

 

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