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Search Results for: community

Parent Burnout: Top 3 Ways to Thrive with Community Support

December 1, 2022 by Guest Writer

Authors: Dr. Eve Loren Goldstein and Danielle Matthew, LMFT It was Friday morning, the end of one of those typical exhausting weeks of work and weeknight commitments.  The last thing I wanted to do was to squeeze in one more obligation, but I saw on my calendar "coffee with the principal" at my child’s school.  I thought about skipping it, but, in the end, I convinced … [Read more...] about Parent Burnout: Top 3 Ways to Thrive with Community Support

A Sad Story in our Autism Community

September 2, 2018 by kimkaplan

I’m purposely going to keep this blog short, because this is not one that makes me feel warm and fuzzy. If anything, it makes me sad, and a little terrified. I’m blogging about suicide. One that affected our local autism community. What happened? In the spring, a seventeen-year-old with high functioning autism committed suicide on April 2, Autism Awareness Day by … [Read more...] about A Sad Story in our Autism Community

The Autism Community Has Two Success Stories

August 20, 2018 by kimkaplan

The Autism Community Has Two Success Stories   Here are two names you may want to memorize… Kalin Bennett and Tarik El-Abour. Who is Kalin Bennett? He’s an eighteen-year-old with autism from Little Rock, Arkansas who just signed a Division One Letter of Intent to play basketball at Kent State University. Kalin didn’t walk until he was four and didn’t talk … [Read more...] about The Autism Community Has Two Success Stories

Autism and the Community

August 19, 2018 by kimkaplan

Autism and the Community How do our kids interact within the community? What about their neighborhood? I have read stories about neighborhoods that complain about a child with autism. A few of these stories report that neighbors even go so far as to pressure the family to leave. I have also read (way too many) stories about bullying people with autism. What is … [Read more...] about Autism and the Community

A Community Autism Experience

January 4, 2018 by kimkaplan

I was at the gym the other day. I was about to get into the swimming pool when a lifeguard approached me and said, “There’s a young man who is going to share your lane with you. He has high functioning autism, but he knows how to share a pool lane.” What happened? Well, nothing really. I swam on my side and he swam on his side. I have some thoughts, however, on this … [Read more...] about A Community Autism Experience

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