One of the first jobs of parenting is to keep your child healthy and nourished by ensuring they eat a variety of nutritious foods, alongside the extra treats and occasional Happy Meal that accompanies childhood. Before having children, many of us felt like this would be the easy part. Three meals a day, snacks sprinkled…
Parent-to-Parent Support – It Will Change Your Life
What is support? As a verb it means: To bear all or a part of the weight of, hold up. Give approval, comfort, or encouragement. When families first call an Autism Resource Specialist, we encourage them to get involved with a local support group, such as the ASNC Chapters. Why do we do this?…
Register to Vote by April 22 for May 17 Primary
The Autism Society of North Carolina (ASNC) is updating and re-publishing its series of articles on elections and voting in North Carolina. ASNC encourages you to understand when and how you can exercise your right to vote. The North Carolina Primary election will be held on May 17, 2022. Primaries determine which candidates will…
Elections 2022: Get Ready to Vote
As a nonprofit organization, the Autism Society of North Carolina (ASNC) does not become directly involved in elections or campaigns, but we want members of our community to understand their right to vote, how to vote, and where to get accurate and up-to-date information. ASNC will be publishing updated version of articles, blogs and other…
Ten Handy Tips to Toilet Training (Without Tears!)
Toilet training can be challenging for many caregivers and professionals, but it should never be stressful or upsetting for the child. Some children are ready to toilet train around the same time as their peers, and others are not. For some children with autism, the process will be fairly quick – they will just “get…
Public Policy Update: Rate Increase to Support Wages for Direct Support Workers A First Step in Right Direction
The state budget that passed in December 2021 included funding towards increasing Medicaid home and community-based provider rates so that wages paid to direct support professionals/direct support workers can be increased. While the budget special provision language states that 15.00 per hour is the goal, there is not enough money appropriated in the budget to…
Es hora de ir al dentista
Artículo publicado en la revista de ASNC, Spectrum, en febrero del 2022. ¿Qué emociones le provoca a usted este título? Puedo decirle que el solo escribir sobre el dentista trajo a colación todas las conmociones inducidas por la ansiedad que puede acarrear al tener un ser querido con un Trastorno del Espectro del Autismo, I/DD…
Crianza de los hijos con Autismo
Artículo publicado en la revista de ASNC, Spectrum, en febrero del 2022. Soy una persona con un diagnóstico clínico del Trastorno del Espectro Autista. Supuestamente no aparento tener autismo, porque cuando doy a conocer mi diagnóstico, la respuesta casi siempre es que no parezco tener autismo. El impacto del autismo ha sido significativo en mi…