This week we celebrated World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD2014, but what does that really entail? Which is more productive in raising awareness – major fundraising events such as grand dinners…
April is Autism Awareness Month but we’re aware of Autism 365 days a year in our house. Our home is a busy one by any standards. We have four boys…
Following on from his recent article on his son with Aspergers, Noel, an AsiAm.ie board member, writes honestly and frankly about the challenges of raising a daughter with “moderate to…
Lisa Domican is a mother of 2 children (Grace and Liam, pictured) on the Autism Spectrum and a social entrepreneur, who created the “Grace App” a communications tool for iphone…
Regular blogger, Carrie Burton, talks about how Autism has challenged, but also strengthened, her family. Read, share and comment! Since today is autism awareness day I decided to write about…
Grainne Lynch is a business woman, nurse, Autism and advocate and parent of a son with Autism. Check out her experiences of finding the right educational route for her son….
Noel Quigley is a Board Member of AsIAm.ie – here he shares his experiences of raising a son with Aspergers Syndrome. Please share your own experiences in the comments below…
In this guest blog, our contributor brilliantly gives, what so many parents of children with Autism look for, a brilliant insight into Aspergers Syndrome from a parent who has faced…
Mary Harris writes this week on her views of on managing and supporting a child with Autism’s behaviour in a school environment – from the point of view of a…
Santa has been and gone and turkey dinners are, by now, just a far and distant memory….. and on Monday schools across the country will re-open their doors once more!…
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