Supporting families with autistic children

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Social Supports for Families with Autism

My son, who is 14, has autism. I also have six neurotypical kids. We never fit in anywhere we go. We are a large, biracial family and neurodiverse. People stare and make comments when we are out. We are used to it by now, but it is not easy. Sometimes I wish we looked ā€œnormalā€…

Revisiting a Focus on Autism Healthy Habits

At the Autism Society of North Carolina’s 2018 annual conference, Mindy Govan and Alicia Lenhart, then Director and Assistant Director of ASNCā€™s IGNITE program for young adults on the spectrum, provided conference attendees with many tips they could use to build autism healthy habits for their loved ones or themselves. Those tips continue to be…