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It Takes a Village – of Healers

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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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Autism, ADHD and Why I Don’t Allow Food Reinforcers in School

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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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Vaccine Bullies: A Mom Takes on Her Daughter’s Teacher

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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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I’m Thankful for Random Strangers

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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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Autism Reversal Toolkit: A New Book for Homeopathic Treatment of Autism

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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

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The Great Autism Gift Scramble

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When my daughter was very young, and deep in the bowels of autism (the screaming sixteen hours a day kind of autism), there was only one thing that brought her peace: Disney’s Aladdin. Over and over again, Robin Williams to … Continue reading

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How to Handle the Holidays and Autism

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For all you “new” (autism) parents out there – here’s some friendly advice about making it through the holidays. 1. If your child wants to spend the entire holiday in a room away from all of the people, it means … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Autism

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have autism? James Williams, an adult with autism, cleverly uses Harry Potter analogies in this speech he wrote for late-elementary and middle-school audiences to help them understand what life is like with … Continue reading

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Listen to Amy Lansky speak about Homeopathy and Vaccination

Amy L. Lansky, PhD   (For more information, visit http://www.impossiblecure.com, http://www.amylansky.com, http://www.amylansky.com/askamy, http://www.activeconsciousness.com) I don’t know why it took me 6 years to put this up online, but I finally did! Below is a link to an mp3 of me … Continue reading

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How YOU Can Get Involved in TMR Nation TV Network!

Ok TMR Nation – Follow these instructions to become a WEB Reporter for our TMR Nation TV Network. Your mission: To upload your testimonials and stories to any of our channels. Make sure you record using your iPhone in horizontal … Continue reading

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