Most kids run at the sign of medicine. Taking pills or drinking weird-tasting syrups is usually not something they enjoy. As a result, getting your child to take medicine can be a challenge. Things become even more challenging with trying to give medicine to our autistic children. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a type of…
School can be a frightening place for autistic children. The challenges and stressful situations that they are faced with during the day, can result in the child refusing to go to school. 216 Primary and high school children – 78 of them autistic, recently took part in a study conducted in Norway. The whole purpose of…
Welcome back to Best Case Parenting. Today, we will be talking about the best way to help an autistic child to spit out toothpaste. In fact, the advice held within this article would be suitable for a wide range of special needs children. Hopefully, after reading this short article, you will feel better equipped to…
Welcome back to Best Case Parenting, and welcome back to a follow up article on the Autism Parenting Magazine. I recently did a review on this magazine, but wanted to give you a better idea of what the magazine is about by going through the latest edition together. Hopefully, this will give you a better idea about…
Welcome back to Best Case Parenting, and welcome to another article around the subject of autism. I have seen many parents over the years that have struggled with getting to grips with the idea of having (and dealing with) an autistic child. It is not easy! Although we have tried to write some articles to…
Welcome back to Best Case Parenting and welcome to another article for those of you with autistic children. It can feel like you are alone sometimes, but the truth is there is a massive community of other parents in the same boat as you. We want to try and lighten the parenting load by offering…
Welcome back to Best Case Parenting. Today, we are giving advice on a problem some parents of autistic children have. Their child refuses to use the toilet to go to the toilet. This can be a complex problem, but we hope to at least offer a starting point for parents having this issue. Children with…
Autism is a condition that effects around one in every seven hundred people. Most parents want to detect the early signs of autism as soon as possible, in order to get them the support they need in the quickest possible time. Maybe you noticed some behaviour in your young child that you think is not…
Welcome back to Best Case Parenting. Today, I am excited to introduce to you a parenting course called “Parent Power – Junior Real world Training” from the Mild Autism website. As the name suggests, this course is designed to help parents whose child has fallen into the autistic spectrum. Specifically those that fall into the…
