Channeling your child’s special interests or passions into creative forms
byby Debra Muzikar “Take a fixation and broaden it out into something constructive.” Temple Grandin Over the years, I’ve found it important to follow…
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Grace Goad finds joy and expression in her art
byBy Debra Muzikar At age 20 and mostly non-verbal, Grace Goad is a successful artist. Her mom, Leisa Hammett, credits Grace’s success to three…
Lori Shayew: We must shift our views about Autism
byby Debra Muzikar “I remember the time I shifted my own viewpoint about autism,” Lori Shayew says. “It was in 1994. I was working…
The Gifts of the Children: From Co-Creating Your Future… In a New Renaissance
byBy Debra Hosseini, published in The Sacred Shift, Co-Creating Your Future…in a New Renaissance, Hunt Henion, with Barbara Marx Hubbard, 2012 On a planet…
Steven Coventry: Sacred Geometry and Mandalas
byBy Debra Muzikar “You’ll be little better than a sign-writer if you pursue art as a career,” said Steven’s art teacher looking with disgust…
The problem with creating “Perfect Babies” The World According to Finn
byby Debra Muzikar “Not everyone’s perfect. There’s an imperfect side to everyone.” Finn Christie, age 10, on making perfect babies genetically. I was at…
Kimberly Gerry-Tucker’s journey – poetry, art, aspergers
by“I am not faded to silver grey like the barns, just yet. When I am I will try to see beyond a collapsing heap…
Communicating Through Art – Family Understanding Fostered through Creative Projects for Children with Autism
byby Claire Draycot Communication problems arising from A.S.D can be the hardest part of growing up on the spectrum. It can be harder still…