Monthly Archives: June 2013

Featured Guest Blog: With Sympathy

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When I saw the headline pass through my Facebook newsfeed, I went into the first stage of grief: That can’t be the same Alex. How strange that there are two of them. It’s an immediate defense mechanism for information that … Continue reading

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Vaccines - A Global Perspective

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“The CDCs (sic) mission and the purpose of vaccinations is NOT to prevent your particular child from getting ill. The purpose of the CDC and vaccinations is to prevent wide spread (sic) epidemics of diseases that were previously eradicated, but … Continue reading

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Featured Guest Blog: Your Body. Your Baby. Their Flu.

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As a conventionally trained, dyed-in-the-wool psychiatrist, I learned that mental illness is a manifestation of an imbalance of brain chemicals that can be largely reduced to too little serotonin and/or norepinephrine, too little dopamine, or messed up excitatory signals at … Continue reading

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Featured Guest Blog: Warrior Moms in Action!

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Flashback 7 years ago: Two moms were waiting in line to pick up their children from their early childhood classrooms. Both of them feeling totally alone and hopeless. Like no one else would ever understand the impact the diagnosis of … Continue reading

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Autism and Wandering: Keeping Our Kids Safe

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This post was originally published in December. In light of all the recent tragedies in the news about autism and wandering, take the time to read this blog. There are some very useful ideas here that could potentially save a … Continue reading

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Featured Guest Blog - Clarity and Conviction

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I only recently started looking at my children’s baby photos, those unprinted memories stored on a computer. In this digital photography day and age, I realize most people slack on populating photo albums or scrapbooks. However, I was avoiding those … Continue reading

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A Thinking Grandfather Blogs About His Grandson’s Autism

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Despite yesterday being Father’s Day, I chose to write about my Father today. I also, with his permission, added a blog written by my father. My father is the most amazing person. He is the best husband, father, grandparent, and … Continue reading

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Watch The Video: Thinking Dads

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Happy Father’s Day! The Thinking Moms’ Revolution would like to pay tribute to all the Thinking Dads out there. Your commitment, support and love help guide the way to a better tomorrow. Thank you for all that you do. Please … Continue reading

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Haters Gonna Hate

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“If you can’t say something nice…” If you’ve been reading and commenting on autism blogs over the last few years, you’ve surely discovered that not everyone reading blogs appreciates them like you do. I recently watched what can happen when an … Continue reading

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Making Sense out of Senseless

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  As I stare at this blank page waiting for words, if not of wisdom then of comfort, to come to me, I am left empty. We at TMR are left reeling, as are many in the community, over the … Continue reading

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