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What to Do When Your Child Is Asked to Leave Daycare or Preschool
Being told that your child can no longer attend their daycare or preschool can feel overwhelming. You may worry about your child's future, question whether you did something wrong, or feel unsure about where to turn... Continue Reading
What Parents Should Know Before Choosing Daycare for an Autistic Child
Most regular daycares can enroll an autistic child, and many do it well. What they are not built to do is deliver therapy. A center-based ABA program is the opposite: it is built around your child's specific goals... Continue Reading
Meltdown vs Tantrum: How to Tell Them Apart
A meltdown and a tantrum can look similar, but they happen for very different reasons. A tantrum usually stops once a child gets what they want, while a meltdown can continue even after the original trigger is... Continue Reading
How to Get Your Child Tested for Autism
If you have started to wonder whether your child is autistic, that question can sit heavy for a long time before you say it out loud. Maybe a daycare teacher mentioned something, or you noticed that your toddler... Continue Reading
Apraxia of Speech vs. Autism: How to Tell the Difference (and When They Overlap)
What Is Apraxia of Speech? Childhood apraxia of speech, sometimes called verbal dyspraxia, is a motor speech difference. Your child knows what they want to say, but the brain has trouble planning and coordinating... Continue Reading
What to Do When Your Autistic Child Is Not Talking
What Is Nonverbal Autism? Nonverbal autism refers to an autistic person who does not use spoken language to communicate or uses very few words. Clinicians increasingly prefer the terms nonspeaking or minimally... Continue Reading
What Is Vocal Stimming, and Why Does My Child Do It?
You are buckling your three-year-old into her car seat, and she starts humming the same four notes. Over and over. She did it yesterday at the grocery store, and again this morning while she stacked her blocks. It is... Continue Reading
Spotting Overstimulation in Your Autistic Child, and How to Help
Picture your child at a birthday party. The music is loud, kids are shrieking, the lights are bright, and someone just handed them a plate of cake. To you, it looks like fun. To your autistic child, it can feel like... Continue Reading
Is Eloping ADHD or Autism?
What Elopement Behavior Means Elopement is when a child leaves a safe, supervised space without permission and without recognizing the danger involved. You might hear it called bolting behavior, child wandering,... Continue Reading
Are There Different Types of Autism? What the Labels Really Mean
Are There Different Types of Autism? Today, there is just one official diagnosis: autism spectrum disorder, or ASD. The word "spectrum" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. It means autism shows up differently... Continue Reading
Gestalt Language Processing: When Your Child Speaks in Scripts and Phrases
Does your child quote whole lines from a favorite show, repeat a phrase you said yesterday, or use a string of words that does not quite fit the moment? For many children, especially autistic children, this is a... Continue Reading
Why Do Some Autistic Children Walk on Their Toes?
Toe walking is common in little ones who are still finding their feet, and most of the time it fades on its own. Sometimes, though, it sticks around, and many parents start to ask whether toe walking and autism are... Continue Reading
