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Waiting for Help…

May 17, 2012 Deborah Dykstra

In a perfect world, if our children needed help, we would know where to go, have an immediate opening in the right program, and our children would thrive. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple for a lot of parents with children newly diagnosed with autism. Perhaps you have decided a developmental approach such as Autism Outreach (Floortime) or RDI is your […]

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Professionals Offering DIR, RDI, or Hanen-Based Services

  • ASDMB Resource Database
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An Opportunity to Help

If you share our appreciation of developmental therapies and parenting and are willing to give a few hours a month, you're welcome to join us! Possibilities include writing, research, support groups, or advocacy.
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Some Great Parenting Websites

  • Affect Autism
  • Ellen Notbohm
  • Bright Side of Life
  • Diary of a Mom
  • 30 Days of Autism
  • Not Alone
  • Not An Autism Mom
  • Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
  • RDIConnect
  • The Hanen Centre

Adults with Autism

  • Ollibean
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  • Look Me In The Eye
  • The Art of Autism

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