It's Monday Motivation time.....have grace for yourself. As long as you are progressively moving forward....you are still moving forward! What motivates you? How do you handle it? Do you stop, drop, and mope or do you cha cha?

cnn.com/videos/enterta… Interview with Channing Tatum by Cary Fleischman. Non verbal autistic talk show host

The Nora Project does amazing work. It teaches social skills to our kids. Just like our neurotypical kids; teaching/helping our kids never goes away. How do you work on social skills with your child/clients? thenoraproject.ngo/nora.../using-…...

Isn't that what life is really about? What MOMENT are you focusing on today?

Found this great meme.....how many times to we get frustrated with our kids, clients, students etc? How do you handle it?

Monday motivation! Today, during homeschool....my youngest was really struggling. He turned on an audiobook (he could still hear it) and finished all of his work with minimal complaints. Moral of the story: things are often challenging. Rethink, retool, redo and go forward

How many can relate? How do you manage when you or your child/client's brains feels like this? What are your best coping strategies?

youtube.com/watch?v=l30b_W… Great interview with Alex Reid! Largest autistic youtuber in the world! Its a little long but worth it...... Instagram handle: theaspieworld

"Speech is not a better way of communicating. Society needs to focus less on speech and more on communicating....." youtu.be/OOa-HOuBTCQ This is an excellent video (13 minutes) with a verbal adult with Autism who uses an AAC (Augmentative Assistive Communication Device).

Monday Motivation from one of our clients: 3 years ago this kid was in a wheelchair 60% of the time. Fast Forward to being a competitive swimmer against kids who were 3-4 years older! (See FB @ Autiseed LLC)

BREAKING: New study shows that the higher a country’s vaccination rate, the higher the excess deaths.

Researchers find link between plastic additive & autism, ADHD Prev. studies found associations between children with autism & exposure to BPA. This study finds the reason for the link is decreased efficiency in a key step involved in BPA detoxification ow.ly/xP9S50PTbB6

I thought I would send you off with a little humor for the weekend..... As ANY parent would know.....

As a Black autistic I can honestly say this film is groundbreaking. It shows the need for more education regarding autism & the stigma in the Black community towards disability. It shows the journey of a loving family as they accept that that not only is the little character +

I ran across this article while I was looking for some articles. It's a bit simplistic/young; but great reminders in clear simple language. How do you manage social skills? What have you found that works? boystown.org/parenting/Page…

Well said!

Agreed. We need to "move away from the artificial dichotomy between the social and medical models, and instead draw on the benefits of both, in order to give people across the entire #autism spectrum the opportunity to live full and rewarding lives." thinkingautism.org.uk/autism-disabil…

Monday Motivation: "Autism can't define me. I define Autism" How many times (I am so bad about it) have we let Autism define our kids, clients, people in our care? How do you manage? What tools have you used?

BREAKING: A small town located in central Michigan voted out their entire township board (which governs the city) after they supported a Chinese-owned company.

Recent BMJ Investigation shows Pfizer has been found putting pregnant women and preborn children at risk, this time with trials for an RSV vaccine.” "Pfizer failed to alert pregnant women participating in its own RSV vaccine trials about trials for a similar vaccine by