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About me

I'm a Mother of one in her mid-twenties with a little more life experience than perhaps a twenty-something should have. I enjoy a wide range of hobbies and interests; especially reading and writing, crafts, family history research, music and women's history. I work part-time from home as it allows me to be around to raise my young autistic son. I'm a single parent so life can get a bit hectic sometimes, but I enjoy it and my son enjoys a good relationship with both his parents.

You can read all about our experiences with autism at: http://gettingbywithasd.blogspot.com

Briefly me

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Calorie Content!

My childhood ambition ...

Was to be a writer

My favorite memory ...

Is of the day my son first smiled at me

Why I write ...

I have to

My first job ...

Kitchen Hand

My inspiration ...

Anne Rice

Featured article by Eleanor O'Donnell

Health & Fitness > Autism Recognizing autism in toddlers: 1 of 14

The amount of mis-information about autism which is floating around the internet both saddens and amazes me. It's no wonder that so many people think that autism is almost impossible to spot in toddlers. More often, the case is that most parents of autistic children will have known something was wrong when their child was a baby or a toddler, and just not known at that time that the 'something' was autism. The causes behind the symptoms are quite similar in most autistic children; but they present differently in different children depending on their individual personalities, intelligence a...
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