Healing our children is not an easy task. Sometimes we can lose hope when our children don’t respond to treatments, when we don’t know where to put our focus, or when interventions we want to try are beyond our reach. Here is a story of hope if you are feeling lost or at the end of your rope. Our love matters!
As another autism month arrives, don’t get caught up in the noise or the narrative. Helping your child isn’t just about the medical healing of autism – we also need to heal within. Remember that on the journey to heal your child, it is just as important to feed your soul.
The individuals who use S2C to communicate who have contributed to the blog this month have done an incredible job sharing what nonspeakers have to say. Thank you for shining a light on who they are inside, and for giving them a voice.
I’ve been saying the same things about autism forever and ever, so I thought I’d focus on something different. This month I’ll be sharing the voices of nonverbal individuals who use S2C to communicate. I hope you’ll listen because everyone deserves a voice!
As another April Autism Awareness comes to an end, I just want to remind everyone to hang in there. Starting out in the autism world is a deep dive with a lot of information to take in. If you are new to this, try not to get overwhelmed. And when it feels like nobody “gets it,” find your people.
Energy healing works by addressing energy blocks to optimize energy flow and allow the body to naturally heal itself. Individuals with autism often not only respond well to energy healing, but it can also help other treatments and therapies work more effectively.
Those with Auditory Processing Disorder having difficulty perceiving sounds and frequencies. Sound therapy can people with autism process and interpret auditory input, which can improve speech, motor planning, and more.
Chiropractic care has many cognitive, emotional, and sensory-motor benefits. Many parents have reported dramatic improvements in development, social skills, digestion, sleep, and behavior in their children.
Homeopathy is safe, gentle, and effective. Classical homeopathy can be a great way to safely and effectively treat autism.
We are constantly detoxing. When detoxification pathways become overwhelmed, sickness occurs. Our kids with autism sometimes require a little more help in getting those detox pathways open. Here are some detox for autism ideas.
Parents consistently report implementing dietary changes, most commonly eliminating gluten and casein, to be one of their most effective autism interventions. Dietary changes are safe and relatively inexpensive, so that deserves a fair shot if it’s something you haven’t tried.
What used to be called Autism Awareness Month has officially been changed to Autism Acceptance Month. But more than blue lights, awareness, and acceptance, individuals with autism need ACTION. And they need it yesterday. And I’ll continue to say it until I’m blue in the face.
I want to strengthen my relationship with God. I believe that there is MORE, beyond what this body experiences and what this life contains. So, whoever and whatever God is, I want to experience a deeper relationship with Him.
There are so many benefits to meditation. What’s the best way to free your mind and harness the benefits of meditation? Especially if you suck at it like me? Here are my “Meditation for Dummies” ideas.
Tonight is the end of daylight savings time and we “fall back” an hour. While that extra hour of sleep is nice, daylight savings time is basically an experiment on us that we didn’t consent to that is detrimental to health and to the brain. So what can we do to ease the adjustment to the end of daylight savings?
My autism journey has changed the way I live and care for my family. I am passionate about nontoxic products, natural remedies, grain-free nutrition, essential oils, and healing the symptoms known as autism. This is a space for anyone aspiring toward cleaner, healthier living.
XO Joanna
