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  • Parent Autism Blog

  • Welcome to the parent autism blog at Autism Epicenter. This is an online journal written directly by parents of children with ASD. We'll share the triumphs and challenges as well as anything else that comes to our minds as related to Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

    Three parents post here:

    - Shane
    Autism Dad and the man behind Autism Epicenter. His son was born in 2002 and diagnosed in 2004 with classic autism.

    - Sherri
    Mother of "Sir Dantes". He was born in 2007 and diagnosed in 2009. "Ms. Maxie" is her typical daughter (doesn't have autism). Sherri works full time and blogs because she finds it to be therapeutic.

    - Karen
    Autism mom, founder of Successful Living with Autism through Training and Education (SLATE). Her daughter, Katie, was born in 1992 and diagnosed with autism in 1995.
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Braden's Autism Service Dog - All About Lucy

Her name is Lucy and she's our son's autism service dog. She was trained by us, not obtained from any organization. What does she do? She helps Braden be more independent.Most 9-year-olds have a certain amount of independence. In stores they can go d… more »

No?

Sir Dantes has been in rare form this week. Or, maybe he's been about the same and we are just worn out. Defiant! That is the word of the week. Well, we will show him who is boss...maybe. Sometimes I forget who is suppose to be the boss around here.… more »

Tears of Joy

My son's teacher called the house this morning. I was eating breakfast, Braden was still in bed, and Mom picked up the phone. more »

"All kids do that," she says.

After telling of some episode about our son, who is 9 and has autism, we often get the response, "Yeah, but all kids do that." Let me tell you how much we hate hearing that! Why? Because we feel like our situation is being minimized by someone who doesn'… more »