Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all had a great Christmas and start to the new year. I’m back at work today, trying to frantically catch up on my emails, reports, blogs, and so on, and feeling completely frazzled, but I took a moment to stop and think about what the new year means […]

Recently I read an article about gene mutations linked to Autism. The article (linked below) claims that 33 genes have been definitely linked to an increased risk of having Autistic Spectrum Disorders, with 107 being loosely linked. 5% of these are believed to be non-inherited gene mutations, which implies that 95% of these genes are […]

  In a recent post, I briefly described one of our “crazy days.” Unfortunately, these days are more common than I would like. Days in which I feel like the only thing I do is nag and/or shout. Days in which I hear regularly “You’re so mean”, “I hate you”, “You hate me” and so […]

Yesterday we had one of those “crazy” days…those days which you just wish would end and even though you love your kids to bits, you just wish they would crawl under the bed and not come out until tomorrow! My oldest fella was having one of his “moody” days: everyone hates him and is out […]