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Autism Parenting: Has Your Child Outgrown Their School Aide?

Does your child have a school aide?Many autistic inclusion students have an aide to help support them during school hours. However, many autistic students outgrow the need for the school aide. The times when they wean off from their aide varies, but I will be discussing before middle school.Does my child have an aide?Yes, our child began with a behavioral aide in pre-school. He transitioned to a school-provided aide in the middle …

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5 Fun Family Earth Day Activities

April 22 is Earth Day – an annual reminder to protect the environment and live green. We all know the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, and today is the perfect opportunity to talk to your little ones about the importance of eco-friendly behavior. By engaging your kids in environmentally-friendly activities early on, they can reap good habits of sustainable living as adults. Here are some great ways to celebrate Earth Day:

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5 Tips for Surviving a C-Section

My scar, which is incredibly small, yet still a little numb, is a constant reminder, so while I’m thinking about it I thought I’d share some “lessons learned” from my C-section. I went in for a routine ultrasound at 32 weeks pregnant with twins and BAM, the next thing I know I was tossed into the Labor & Delivery ward, pumped up with steroids for two days, and gave birth on the third day.

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The Incredible Ice Hotel That Inspired Elsa’s “Frozen” Palace

Do you want to build a snowman? (More importantly, have you learned all the words to the song yet?)Like everyone else in the world, we’re totally obsessed with Disney’s smash hit animated musical Frozen. So to celebrate the big release on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD, we took an amazing trip to Quebec, Canada along with the film’s directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee.We toured the Htel de Glace, which …