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This past year has taught me a few good lessons, some of which I wanted to share with you as we close 2015: 🌟 Owning our stories and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever … Continue reading
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A Facebook friend posted this as her status last week. Many people don’t understand the severity or seriousness of life-threatening food allergy in today’s children because it is unlike anything they ever knew when they were children. We think it’s … Continue reading
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(We originally ran this in 2012. Our friend B.K. passed away in 2014, but here advice for surviving Christmas with a child on the autism spectrum is still really good.) By the time you read this, it will be less … Continue reading
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Picture it . . . you, your spouse, your child — and multiple medical professionals from different backgrounds — working together as a team to analyze your child’s genetics, symptom presentation, and most urgent things to address and then making a plan … Continue reading
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(This was originally published on November 24, 2014. We’re rerunning it today for Throwback Thursday because it’s such an important concept for autism therapists.) Food is a popular choice as a positive reinforcer in schools and during autism therapy sessions. … Continue reading
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Ireland, a small country on the westernmost edge of Europe, has been the focus in the last few months of an unprecedented international media storm around the subject of Gardasil and the staggering number of side effects which have been … Continue reading
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For those parents facing the administration of flu vaccines, especially FluMist, in their children’s schools, please be aware that FluMist is a live-virus vaccine, live-virus meaning the virus can “shed” (in other words, be transmitted) to those whose immune systems are not … Continue reading
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Sometimes as parents who choose not to vaccinate or to vaccinate selectively, our children are faced with teachers or other people in authority who have strong beliefs that are in direct opposition to our own. Often that is not a … Continue reading
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In 2007, I was working for a travel company coordinating group vacations. I spent a good amount of time with each group, working on hotel choices, planning activities, coordinating flights, and getting to know the travelers. I happened to have … Continue reading
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Anyone who’s followed the Thinking Moms for any length of time is aware that, among other things, we use homeopathy to support health in ourselves and our children. Virtually all of us have found homeopathy to be a remarkable system … Continue reading
