New York feature for Cafe Mom: Christmas is beautiful & overwhelming

As a parent to children with high additional needs, it can be a roller coaster of emotions. It’s beautiful, overwhelming, terrifying, and rewarding all at once. There are days where we don’t know how we survived and days that we want to relive over and over.

We are not able to just celebrate any given occasion. Attending someone’s house requires a huge amount of planning, explanations of what behaviors may appear and there is a big possibility we may only last five minutes at your home. Celebration days are normally extremely stressful and isolating for our family and so many others.

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International Business Times Feature

A woman in Australia who has three sons diagnosed with autism said she was able to notice the telltale signs that pointed to her sons’ disabilities during the children’s developing years. Katherine Peereboom’s three sons, 8-year-old Oliver, 7-year-old Joshua and 6-year-old Tyler, are “severely autistic” and nonverbal, 7News.com.au reported. The 43-year-old Gold Coast mother said she noticed that Oliver’s development was

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BLACK TIE GALA 2019 ADDRESS

The incredibly moving speech by Founder Kathrine Peereboom at the Spectrum Support Black Tie Gala in November 2019. Tears were flowing and a standing ovation followed.

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Peereboom high five

Treating patients on the autism spectrum

Thank you to Australian Dental Association for this article on treating patients on the autism spectrum. Kathrine says one of the first thing she asks prior to a medical consultation, especially if the family is going somewhere new, is if they can have a desensitisation appointment. “I can tell you that most parents are anxious

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