In my life as an autism mom, I have found a variety of tools and information that made the journey easier and in some cases, just possible. I have compiled all that information here for you, because I know how hard it can be to raise a severely autistic, non verbal child.

My e-Book
The journey from Personhood to Parenthood was a difficult one for me, made all the more complicated by autism. I was very lucky to have some terrific help and support at a time when there was not a lot of support for families like ours. I have compiled a brief description of our journey and helpful tips we found along the way into this short PDF formatted e-Book, for you.

Tips from a Recovering Parent of Autism

*NOTE: When you click the above link, you may be asked whether you want to Open the File or Save the File. You should Save the File to your computer, then find and open it, for best results.

As a graphic designer, desktop publisher and web developer I had the skills to put them all together into a comprehensive suite of bililngual web sites, designed to make the journey a little easier for parents, teachers, kids and families.

EasyAutismSupportHelp.com
Trying to make suporting autism easier. Learn more about ABLE accounts, IHSS and anything else I could think of. Tips, tricks and information that don't fit into my other web sites are housed here. If I can get a blog going, it will probably be here. We also started a Facebook page for this site - please feel free to contact me that way.

EasyGFCFforKids.com
There are so many reports of success with autism and the GFCF Diet that I wanted to try it with my Iris. After being off dairy for 6 months - and doing quite well - we decided it was time to remove the wheat and glutein from her diet as well. I have compiled my efforts here - including instructions from nutritionists, recipes and product recommendations.

Join the conversation by visiting us on Facebook - add your recipes and tips or see what others are doing. I also share every fun GFCF recipe and product I find on our Facebook page - it is amazing how far our communities have come in offering this kind of food, since I started this site 12 years ago.

EasyHerbsForKidsAndFamily.com
As the daughter of Naturopathic Physicians, I get a lot of herbal and natural health information that has worked wonders for my family. I thought it would be great to share this information with other families, so I have compiled my efforts here - including links for product recommendations and suppliers. I installed Google Translate, so the information should be accessible to everyone. I also share a lot of natural health info on our Facebook page and I would love to connect with you there.

HistoriasSocialesFaciles.com
We live in a bilingual community in the California Bay area and it has inspired me to translate Easy Social Stories into Spanish - particularly the Medical Preparation stories seemed important for everyone in our special needs community to be able to access. With the help of my youngest daughter's dear bilingual friend, Pilar Cerna, we have been able to begin translating our entire catalog into Spanish language stories. Connect with us on Facebook to learn when new titles are available.

TheBUZZonAutism
I created this site to help special needs families learn more about cannabis, now that new laws make this wonderful, natural modality available to so many. My goal is to help families navigate the options and the process of find the right solutions for their health issues.

Reiki
In response to autism in my family, I started doing Reiki, with great success on some. I think that it helps with my daughter, though that is harder to measure with no verbal feedback. If you are interested in Reiki healing energy, please contact me. I am even learning to do it over distances, and would love people to work with, so don't hesitate to contact me.

Autism Awareness Items
I have heard so many people wishing for kind slogans on shirts to alert the general public that their child is autistic. I have tried to make them here - Zazzle.com will let you put your own designs on a shirt, hats, pins, and bumpter sticker, then make them available to others. If you can think of a helpful item, let me know and I will make it for you, if I can.