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Studies have shown that autistic children often have difficulties with gross and fine motor skills such as throwing a ball, running,...

50% to 60% of autistic children wander. Of reported wandering events, about 20% result in death and 15% require medical attention. Of...

40% to 80% of autistic children have sleep problems. This can include problems falling asleep, staying asleep, and with quality of...

Brahm is incredibly lucky to have a bunch of grandparents and great-grandparents! Family is everything to us and we thought it would be...

Brahm started playing Minecraft this year! For those that may not know, Minecraft is a video game. We are ecstatic that our son is...

“Autistic person” or “person with autism”? Identity-first or person-first language? Which is correct? This is a sensitive and complex...

When Brahm started second grade this school year, he was effectively a “non-reader”. He hated reading. Most days, he would refuse to...

Our family loves to celebrate Brahm and all the amazing autistic individuals all year, but especially during the month of April. We have...

The month of April is a little bit like Christmas for our family! We really look forward to celebrating Brahm and all the other amazing...

Vacations can be challenging for our family! Everything is unpredictable and unfamiliar for Brahm. Vacations can be filled with sensory...

Our life can feel a bit like an ocean – at times things are manageable and we’re riding the wave and other times we are really struggling...

This is a topic I never could have guessed I’d be writing about five years ago! What does hoarding have to do with our family?...At...

Holidays can be really tough for our family! The traditional “pack the kids up in the car and head over to a family member’s house for a...

We added a family member back in June that has had the most amazingly positive impact on Brahm! Her name is Annie and she’s a red,...

The Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin has been everything to us over the past five years. We attended the Autism Society’s Gala...

Brahm’s obsessions have evolved over the years. When he was younger, it was trees and flags. He then progressed to fire alarms, fans,...

One of the things we love best about Brahm is that he is incredibly interesting. Brahm does his own thing without regard to what anyone...

Our family loves celebrating Autism Awareness Month! We’re all about encouraging awareness – 1 in 59 children are currently diagnosed...

Our focus is the same as most parents – our kids! As time goes on, we see Brahm’s peers beginning to recognize differences between him...

One of our biggest concerns is what Brahm’s future might look like. Brahm might work a traditional job or he might need an alternative...