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As Special Needs Parents, We Sometimes Write Before we Think Special Needs Parents aren’t immune from this human failing, after all. We all are a bit guilty of sometimes writing something in anger, writing something without considering how deeply we feel about what we say. When emotions are high, which is often is when talking about our children with special needs, we lash out to hurt before being hurt. The problem is that when we do that we are giving up a chance to think critically about life in a way that can make a difference. I can see you shaking your head out there. So let me explain … Another Special Needs Parent’s Opinion isn’t my Own I wanted to write about this yesterday. I was going to write up a rant of a post and slap my autism awareness month label on it and proudly declare my right

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It seems that there’s a new horror story about autism coming out every day. Autistic kids are more likely to be bullied, 1 in about 88 kids are diagnosed with autism, and on and on.  So the results of a just-released study that appeared in the journal Pediatrics are likely to raise some hopes. Although most who are diagnosed with autism as children remain autistic for life, researchers discovered that almost 10 percent of autistic children “bloom” from having severe symptoms to being “high functioning.” In an interview with HealthDay, study author Christine Fountain, a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University said, “We were really pleased that there is this group, which is relatively small but significant, who are able to improve so quickly…  It’s going to provide a hopeful message for parents [of autistic children]. We need more research to find exactly what’s going on to make these children bloom.” You

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