Friendships are a complicated thing for autistics. We don’t always know when someone is a friend and when they have stopped being a friend. Often...

This is the exact situation my husband and I found ourselves in early on with our daughter Gabbi. She would be in the Red Zone and acting out, which...

During the last 11 years, Autism Shifts has been working to prepare YAWA’s (Young Adults with Autism) to become employed. Throughout this time, we...

That's what we often think! However, these thoughts put us in the Red Zone (experiencing frustration, blame, anger, discouragement), which is not a...

I have such an appreciation for those on the autism spectrum that came into this world being different. In a world where oftentimes, there is so...

For many parents, the day they get the diagnosis of Autism is filled with uncertainty, worry and fear. The stigma of Autism today has caused this...

It's time for those of us in the community to Rethink autism. Q. What does “ReThink” Autism mean?? A. It means that we have to create some new,...

Have you ever heard the expression “that which you focus on expands”?  If you’ve never heard that expression, or never really thought about the...

Today, the stigma of Autism is alive and well!  All we need to do to verify this is to Google the word “Autism” to see the results.  Almost...

Today, Autism is a very stigmatized diagnosis.  I’m sure as a Parent or Caregiver of someone diagnosed with Autism, you already know this.  All you...

When we think about Autism, our minds will typically go to the challenges that the diagnosis brings.  The reason for this is because what we read...

In life, we all face challenges.  It’s part of the human experience.  Believing that challenges should not be happening in our lives can cause us to...

When my husband Pier and I first met it was love at first sight and we felt that we had each met our soul mate.  Eventually, we got married and...

Our lives can become so busy with the day in and day out activities that we either have to take care of or choose to spend our time doing. ...

  Wherever we are on our journey, we will have to get to a place of acceptance of what is before we can move in the direction of creating is...

According to the CDC, about 1 in every 54 children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Initially, the diagnosis might feel a little...