Children, Adults, and Families
Specializing in working with Neurodiverse Individuals

Article: Developing friendships and an awareness of emotions using video games: Perceptions of four young adults with Autism, by Gallup...

Book: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, by Jennifer Senior (2014). This book is all joy and pain. There is no...

Try explaining empathy to someone who has limited understanding of empathy. I find this activity a challenge, having attempted it many...

Article: Comparisons of Self-determination Among Students with Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Learning Disabilities: A Multivariate...

Article: Executive Functioning in Young Adults with ASD. In, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders, 32(1), 2017. A fantastic...

Article: Developmentally Disabled, and Going to College, by Kyle Spencer. In the New York Times, Aug 3, 2017. Description of training...

Article: Participation of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Extracurricular Activities: Does Inclusion End at...

Article: Predictors of Competitive Employment for Students with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities. By Southward and Kyzar,...

Recently I came upon a line of reasoning I have seen in the past. The reasoning goes like this: I feel overwhelmed, so therefor I will...

I am close to finding an actual therapist (see previous post). In the meantime, I wanted to share another affordable therapy option that...

A telemarketer (trying to sell me something that would "dramatically increase my referrals") once asked me how I normally got referrals. ...

More and more these days I am hearing from people that they enjoy writing and are curious about the world of professional writing. It...

A blog post in Slate the other day states that it is not just young people (i.e., Millennials) who are moving back home, but people of...

Research supports the notion that raising a child with an ASD diagnosis contributes to parental stress (these parents are generally more...

A Guide to Counseling Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Albert J. Contugno describes the Social Competence Enhancement...

Nurture Shock (2009) by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Another prime example of what happens when brilliant social scientists pair with...

This one may be a two-parter. I inquired about therapy services from a church. I happen to think religion is OK, so when I heard about...

Parents, as a group, are worried about how much their children are playing video games, so I thought I would provide a resource to ease...

Ender's Game By: Orson Scott Card Genre: science fiction/action Why I liked it: The fact that the author goes into such...

Time Health published an article today on sleep. It sounds like science is moving beyond talking about the benefits of sleep and into...