Parenting

The word “meltdown” is growing in popularity to describe a child’s tantrum. However, an autism meltdown is not a temper tantrum. An autism meltdown is a full sensory meltdown caused by external and environmental sensory triggers. A meltdown does not occur because your child is throwing a fit to try and get their way. It’s …

  Oral sensitivities are also occasionally referred to by the phrase “oral stimming,” which is short for “stimming of the mouth.” A child will ‘stim’ as a way of regulating his or her emotions or as a response to situations in which he or she is either under stimulated or over stimulated by their surroundings. …

  Teaching consent to children starts at home. Parents are at the forefront of teaching their children about what consent is and how consent for touching applies to others. But at what age do you begin to teach consent and how do you tackle this complex topic? If you’re worried about approaching this difficult topic, …

  Have you noticed that your child seems to have regressed to a state that is more “infantile state”? Has your child reverted back to babbling after previously being able to speak in sentences of three to four words? When it comes to their social, physical, speech, and language development, children who seem to be …

  Autism stimming behaviors are often misunderstood. Among people who do not know someone with autism, stimming can be seen as “weird” or “unusual.” But for those with autism, stimming is done for a variety of reasons, from calming down the nervous system to communicating needs. Like many other behaviors of autism, stimming is a …