Will you vote for me?

I have entered this blog in the Sydney Writers' Centre "Best Australian Blog 2012" Competition!!  The reason I mention it is because this competition has a Peoples Choice Award category.  You can vote from 5pm EST on Friday 13th April, until 5pm Wednesday 9th May.
If you enjoy what you read here, I'd really appreciate it if you take the time to vote! You will be able to vote, by clicking on the link I'll add in the right hand margin of the blog main page. For more information about the competition, you can click here.
Wish me luck!!

Q&A 4: What is your greatest need?

For April Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, I am endeavouring to answer some questions to help those who do not have much experience with Autism understand more what it is and how it affects lives. To do this I've enlisted the help of some friends through my Facebook page and a couple of support groups I am part of.  Today, I am bringing some answers from parents of Autistic kids to the question "As a parent of a child with ASD, what is the greatest need you have?"

Q&A 3: What is a good way to teach my non Autistic kids about Autism?

On my Facebook page, I asked "As a parent of children who do not have ASD, or as a person who has little or no knowledge of ASD, what do you most want to know/understand about Autism?".  I've written two posts already responding to some of the questions people asked. This post will respond to those who wanted to know about how to teach their non Autistic kids about Autism, and how to support ASD kids who visit their home to spend time with their nonASD kids. 

Q&A 2: What can I do to help you and your Autistic children when we are around them?

When I asked.... As a parent of children who do not have ASD, or as a person who has little or no knowledge of ASD, what do you most want to know/understand about Autism?...  I got a few different answers. The most common theme was what do we do when we are around you and your kids?

Q&A 1: How do Autistic children see the world?

The first question I asked in my series of questions this April was- As a parent of children who do not have ASD, or as a person who has little or no knowledge of ASD, what do you most want to know/understand about Autism?

Racism and Autism... and Vulnerability.

How are Racism, Autism and Vulnerability related, you might be wondering. Let me explain my train of thought. I'll get to Vulnerability in a minute, but first Racism and Autism.....

Be aware!

April is Autism Awareness month. I've been thinking about what I want to say about this. Seems like I should be grabbing the opportunity of an official awareness month with both hands and doing something amazing.