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Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance #EducateSesame Street

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

It has recently been announced that Sesame Street intends to partner with Autism Speaks to create programming for children, which is definitely not a positive move for reducing stigma for Autistic people. Please sign and share this petition urging Sesame … Continue reading →

Posted in acceptance, Advocacy, advocate, Autism, Autistic, Boycott Autism Speaks, Kermit the Frog, Neurodiversity | Tagged #educatesesame, acceptance, Autism Speaks doesn't speak for me, autistic adults, Free Autism Resource, Free parenting resource, Free Resource, Kermit, Magazine, PACLA, parenting, Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance, Perspectives, Sesame Street, Sesame Street reconsider AS, Special Education | 1 Comment

Everybody and their Frog: Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance has just published the first issue of a wonderful new magazine, and everybody is reading it!! And it is not expensive. In fact it is free, and you can get a copy to … Continue reading →

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Feet on Ground… Heart in Hand… Be Yourself…

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

I know one thing for certain… I am not going to get this whole motherhood thing completely right. I know there are things I do well, and that there are also things I need to work to do better. I … Continue reading →

Posted in acceptance, Autism, childhood, Jann Arden, Journey, Moms, Parent, relationships, Resiliency | Tagged acceptance, Autism, be yourself, Burger Brunch, Jann Arden, Mom, mother, parenting, relationship, resiliency | 9 Comments

Yours, Mine and Ours: autism, self-advocacy, and setting limits

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

Originally posted on Thirty Days of Autism:
I have been thinking about limits: the edges of ourselves… that place where we interface with the world. Our limits and where we set them are the control valves for our emotional, social,…

Posted in acceptance, ASD, Aspergers, Autism, calm, Flexible thinking, handling discomfort, Resiliency, self-advocacy, visual strategies | Tagged Aspergers, Autism, effective parenting, effective teaching, frustration tolerance, honouring, meltdown, navigate, parenting, parents, self-advocacy, sensory overload, setting boundaries, setting limints, setting limits, strategies, stress | Leave a comment

Yours, Mine and Ours: autism, self-advocacy, and setting limits

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

I have been thinking about limits: the edges of ourselves… that place where we interface with the world. Our limits and where we set them are the control valves for our emotional, social, physical, cognitive, and sensory experience. These boundaries … Continue reading →

Posted in Aspergers, Autism, Behaviour, Parent, Resiliency, Teacher, visual strategies, visual strategies and supports | Tagged Aspergers, Autism, effective parenting, effective teaching, frustration tolerance, honouring, meltdown, navigate, parenting, parents, Self care, self-advocacy, sensory overload, setting boundaries, setting limints, setting limits, strategies, stress | 33 Comments

Mom… tell me what I did wrong: Autism and Social Development

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

In my role as an educator I often remind others (myself included) to consider that H and others like him who are Autistic are working doubly hard to make their way in the world. The effort my child makes to … Continue reading →

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Coping with Anxiety: the power and message of a parent’s response (via Thirty Days of Autism)

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

My child experiences anxiety. Unfortunately, anxiety is often one of the tag-along companions on the journey of a child on the Autism spectrum, along with attentional issues (ADHD), sensory issues, tic disorders, and speech and language challenges, to name a … Continue reading →