It’s amazing to think that your young child will one day be an active member of the workforce. This little toddler who can barely hold onto a fork and spoon, suddenly operating heavy machinery on a construction site, or overturning objections in a…

    No one likes to feel overshadowed or upstaged. When your brother or sister is dominating the limelight every single day, it can feel a bit lonely and forgotten playing second fiddle. The siblings of children with autism play a crucial supporting role, but…

To arrive at a diagnosis of autism may be something that you’ve anticipated for some time or more of a surprise. Acknowledge that you need journey that you’ve taken and be forgiving of yourself. Following an autism diagnosis, your child is still the child that…

When helping family members to know how best to interact with your child, We first suggest having an open and honest conversation ahead of time and not with the child around. This way you can be really honest and share the things that you’d like…

    Turns out dad was right. It’s good to get out there and get the blood moving and breathe in the fresh air. Doctors have shown that engaging in regular exercise can have an enormously positive impact on a child’s physical, emotional, and even…

    As your child with autism gets closer to eighteen years old, the services and support they receive will begin to change. The primary and secondary schools across Canada offer many inclusive programs that may have supported your child up to this point. However,…

  It’s easy to forget that your little guy is going to grow up into an adult one day. You can be so busy taking care of them in every little way that you don’t notice their independence developing right under your nose. One day,…

    “Don’t just think about it. Do it. Do it. Do it.” (Remember the Participaction theme song from our childhood?) It still holds true today. Don’t let anything stop you when it comes to putting your kids on a local baseball team, getting them…

  Not everything always goes according to plan. Sometimes life hits you with a rogue wave and you end up scattered to the winds, disoriented, and wondering what happened. Kids have an extraordinary capacity to bounce back considering all the bumps and scrapes they get…

    Sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint a rationale behind someone’s behaviour. Symptomatic conditions can sometimes be difficult to precisely categorize. Are they this, or are they that? A child could be manifesting some conditions of one developmental disorder, but they could simultaneously be presenting…