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Sleep Naturally with a Weighted Blanket

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Editor's note: Last of a two-part series - Last month, Eileen Parker described her ability to find success in life, despite the challenges of autism. This month, she describes the business she created during the course of therapy for the condition. At the dentist, you have probably worn the lead vest they put on your chest for X-rays. So many people say that they wish the technician would leave it on, because the weight feels so good. Maybe you have lain under an old-time country quilt … [Read more...]

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Finding Success in Life, despite Autism

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The picture of autism most often depicted in the media paints children and their worried parents. I have autism. My picture is different: 45-year-old suburban mom of four, autism advocate and small business owner. But, it wasn't always that way, because my childhood was like the media depiction without therapies, special education classes, or even a diagnosis. My mother worried about why I wasn't talking and seemed to be in my own world, rarely interacting with others. Doctors had no … [Read more...]

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Finding the Gifts of Autism and Asperger’s in Your Child

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"When you let go of who you want your child to be, and just let her be who she was meant to be, she will flourish, and you will come to realize she's perfect just the way she is." - Rev. Karen Taff My life's work has shifted to helping parents and others understand that children diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder ("ASD") also come with gifts. Too often, parents of a child with this diagnosis assume that success in life for their child is out of reach, or will be marginal at best. … [Read more...]

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Mercury and Autism lecture

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ST. PAUL - A free lecture on the link between mercury poisoning and Autism will be presented at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Student Center Theater of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, 2017 Buford Ave., St. Paul. Parking available for $6 at Gortner Avenue ramp. The speakers will be Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill, authors of The Age of Autism. Of their book, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. notes: "A devastating account that shows how medical and manufacturing interests have mounted an … [Read more...]

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