Guest Blog By Holly Bortfeld I am a single parent of two teenagers with ASD. I live 3000 miles from everyone I grew up with, and my family. My ex lives 1000 miles away and has no contact with our children. I live hours away from friends. I live here because autism services are tremendous,... Continue Reading →
Living Healthy: Navigating Food Allergies
Persistent exposure to allergens in the environment and/ or food can make anyone feel miserable! Based on new research and parent feedback, we know diet AND ALLERGIES greatly affect how children with autism on they behave, sleep and learn. Parents living with a child affected by autism have much to consider in the world of... Continue Reading →
WHAT CAN ONE PERSON DO?
CHANGE THE WORLD! Two years ago my husband Glen helped launch a pet project, the TACA Autism Youth Ambassadors (AYA). Spending time with these inspirational young leaders has since become one of our favorite things to do. I have had the great fortune to speak at several club meetings. The Youth Ambassadors bring such positive... Continue Reading →
Staying in the Game…
Autism is a big giant life size “whack-a-mole” game. It is the most frustrating and rewarding game – at the same time– with one difference: it offers tremendous pay off opportunities with our most precious assets. It is worth all the effort put in – especially by our hard working kids. It can be extremely... Continue Reading →
Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Like most families, our weekends are packed with errands we just can’t get to during the workweek. Whenever I leave the house I make sure I have my keys, my purse and my son – Jeff is actually a great organizer and keeps me on track. Funny how our roles have changed so many years... Continue Reading →
Biomedical Treatments and Autism…
Recently, we asked our TACA members the following question: What does biomedical treatment mean to your family? The answers we received shared a similar theme: Hope, healing treatable issues, and children who can once again “play and enjoy life.” You might be scratching your head and asking “what is biomedical treatment?” Biomedical treatment is a... Continue Reading →
Calling all dads…Let’s do this! – Guest Blog written by Joshua Belden
My name is Joshua Belden. I have a 7 year old daughter, Hanna, who has autism. If you look at most of the autism related organizations out there, it is painfully clear something or should I say someone is missing…the dads! I am used to being outnumbered by women at certain events, but this was... Continue Reading →
Percentile this!
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Wechsler Intelligence Scale. Gilliam Autism Rating Scale. Woodcock Johnson. Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and Childhood Autism Rating Scale. Name the State Achievement test and hundreds of other tests. Just writing these test names bring backs angst and memories. How does my child rank? Especially my child with autism? The topic of testing... Continue Reading →
Real Help Now
I remember my first autism conference circa June 2000. There were over 2,000 people in attendance, all looking for answers to help their child living with autism. It feels like it was just yesterday we went to this conference. I came equipped with pens and notepads, ready to absorb all I could to help Jeff.... Continue Reading →
Anniversaries…
Where were you when….? Pick any significant date in history. Where were you when the home run record was broken, when the Beatles played the Ed Sullivan show, when President Kennedy was shot, when the space shuttle exploded, when Japan was hit with a devastating earthquake, followed immediately by a tsunami? Where were you when... Continue Reading →
Moving Autism Forward by Team TACA 