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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
- Autisme en Couleurs

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