A newly released book by Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe, See Sam Run details the experience of raising a child with autism. Her son is now 20 years old and was originally going to focus on him but she found, as writers often do, that sometimes the story that needs to be told is a different one. In […]
NIne year old Brandon was diagnosed with autism and his parents, Kelvin Mark and Cheryl Lie were very concerned he would never be able to live a normal life. Brandon had a hypersensitivity to sunlight, dirt and loud voices, making typical childhood activities all but unthinkable.
Brandon entered an essay contest where he won $5000 for […]
The second children’s book by Jacqueline Williams-Hines The Adventures of Suther Joshua from Planet Yethican has been released.
The first book, Joshua and the Startabulous Dream Maker, introduced the day to day challenges that the character, who is based on the author’s son, faces daily due to his autism. The second book, The Adventures of Suther […]
A screaming child for 45 minutes in a two bedroom apartment results in the neighbor’s calling the police. His mother, LIllian was used to her two year old son, Sharky, screaming even if she laughed while she watched television. Police even checked her son for bruises as they walked to the park. The police realized […]
ABC7, in association with The Help Group, will present a powerful one-hour television special based on the book Autism Heroes: Portraits of Families Meeting the Challenge by Dr. Barbara Firestone. The book is an honest account of the experiences of 38 families confronting the challenges of autism. It will air on Saturday April 26, 2008.
Once a child is diagnosed with autism there is an increased risk of autism in subsequent children. […]
Catherine Hughes decided to take her three year old son to a restaurant and ended up arrested after her son had a big meltdown. As a result of this experience, she found out that her child is on the autism spectrum. Ms. Hughes spent four days in jail on abuse charges after a restaurant employee […]