From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Magic in my childhood mind with autism

April 15, 2009

I was asked what was the magical part of my childhood as a person with autism.  With such a question, it took me days to choose one memory over the others. One Island Lake.  It was a magical place, a sandy beach hemmed in by trees with a shoreline that curved inward toward the beach.  [...]

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Relax Anxiety at the Dentist with a Weighted Blanket

April 10, 2009

Pressure on the body from a weighted blanket can relieve anxiety at the dentist’s office. For years, many people have enjoyed the weight from the heavy vest worn while getting x-rays at the dentist’s office as commonly known from a multitude of subjective accounts. Now they can get that relaxing feeling by wearing a weighted [...]

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Watching lips by people with autism

April 6, 2009

A Yale study is about me too! Especially when I’m in social situations or I’m trying to figure out what is going on in a conversation, I’ll “read lips” instead of looking people in the eye. That doesn’t mean I’m not listening; it means I’m trying really really hard to listen and understand. I tend [...]

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Thunder on a Horse to a Fundraiser for Special Needs Kids, Utah, Apr 25

April 3, 2009

Hoofbeats to Healing provides therapeutic horseback riding in Utah using an effective, natural approach to therapy via Missouri Fox trotter horses. Based on the theory of Cross Hemispheric Integration.  If a child didn’t crawl correctly their brain may not be mapped correctly. Therapeutic horseback riding is effective with disabilities including, but not limited to:  visual [...]

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