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January 2012
- Experts One and All
December 2011
- Comeback . . . or Setback?
November 2011
- All-Inclusive: How Parents and Teachers Can Encourage Sports Participation for Children with Autism
October 2011
- Raising a Quitter
August 2011
- The People in Your Language-Depleted Neighborhood
July 2011 highlights
- Bryce Notbohm, Valedictorian: “I see myself as a man, not an autistic man.”
- Text and photos of Bryce’s graduation speech
April 2011 highlights
- Putting Perfect to Rest
- New Autism Asperger’s Digest column: When Good Bumper Stickers Go Bad
- Autism Awareness Month: 11 article to pass around
- Join the discussion: What parents want pediatricians to know, my definition of the World’s Biggest Loser (has nothing to do with weight loss), rebutting untruths and stereotypes about autism, building autism awareness one mind at a time.
February-March 2011 highlights
- Our George Washington Moments
- 38 Questions You Must Ask Your Doctor Before Medicating Your Child
- Join the discussion: Does food coloring affect behavior? What do you want your pediatrician to know about your child? What should you look for when choosing a preschool? Does your child face a “scary” future? How do autism-only classes and activities compare to inclusion?
- Book excerpt: I Think Differently, from Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew
January 2011 highlights
- No Whining on the Yacht- Ten Somethings for 2011
- New on Twitter: a quote a day from The Autism Trail Guide
- Book excerpt: “The Power of a Cookie”
-Ten Things I Want My High School Senior with Autism to Know
July 2010 highlights
- “When I grow up, I want to be…”: O*Net Interest Profiler Can Help Target Your Child’s Job-related Strengths
- Join the discussion: Is PE expandable? … When Good Bumper Stickers Go Bad… Stamping Out Suffering – Where it Doesn’t Exist… and more.
- Book excerpt: Deals and Contracts, in Learning Disabilities of Alberta Association’s Perspectives
- 1001 Great Ideas takes IPPY Silver Award. Excerpt: What We Miss in “Misbehavior”
April 2010 highlights
- Book excerpt: A Word about “Normal”
- New in Ancestry: Tricycle Dreams
- Is autism life threatening? What is an autism-friendly building? The worst questions we’ve ever been asked, and more. Join the discussion…
- Web, radio and podcast interviews
February 2010 highlights
- Book excerpt: Consequential Learning
- New in Ancestry: Nice Work if You Can Get It
- Facebook column: Guiding your child with autism to adulthood
November 2009 highlights
- Coming spring 2010 – updated and expanded: 1001 Great Ideas
- The Report of My Death was an Exaggeration
July 2009 highlights
- A Tombstone Tells Its Story
- Sharks and Minnows
- Run Ragged
June 2009 highlights
- For my dad, for all dads
- On My Soapbox: Tragedy or Opportunity?
- Portuguese, Hungarian translations of Ten Things now available
May 2009 highlights
- Ellen’s Archive: I Sound Like My Mother – I Hope!
- Mixed feelings about Autism Awareness Month
- Vietnamese translation of Ten Things
April 2009 highlights
- Autism Awareness Month: Right on the Money
- A tough and tender subject: Helping our kids deal with loss
- 1001 Great Ideas: Encouraging playground interaction
February 2009 highlights
- You Said It: Your favorite articles in 2008
- A Readers’ Favorite: Three Little Words
- On My Soapbox: A 300-Calorie Mixed Message
January 2009 highlights
- On My Soapbox: The Less the Merrier for 2009
- Winners quit, quitters win
November 2008 highlights
- Interview: Autism and the Holidays
- On my Soapbox: Our John Wayne Moment
October 2008 highlights
- Childhood Obesity – is it abuse?
- Daily Life: A-hunting we will go
- Happily ever after – in real life
September 2008 highlights
- Children’s Voice, My Voice
- Autism Speaks’ new School Community Tool Kit
August 2008 highlights
- Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food
- New autism journal seeking submissions
- At the Movies
July 2008 highlights
- Unbundle Me
- The I-can’t time capsule
May-June 2008 highlights
- Teacher of the Year, then and now
- Play time: Ten Things to do with a Big Box
- The Autism Trail Guide named Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist
April 2008 highlights
- Autism Awareness month – every month
- Daily life: Should you “let” your child win?
- The Walking Insolence of David Brooks
- The Autism Trail Guide captures ForeWord Book of the Year nomination
- Ten Things part of Autism Speaks 100-Day kit
March 2008 highlights
- Parent Eye Contact: How It Builds Children’s Self-Esteem by Patrick Mitchell
- Foreign translations, new on my website
- President Bush’s FY 2009 Budget: cuts to research and services; what you can do
February 2008 highlights
- Return to Soapstone Creek: Thinking about your family health history
- On my soapbox: “Goodbye to a bad law”
- Meet me in Pittsburgh
- Meet my readers: Utah to Australia
