Freebie Friday: My Weekly Chores Chart

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Welcome back to another Freebie Friday! In keeping with my free printables for autistic children, this week I’m sharing a weekly chores chart printable pack. Sweet B does help around the house and sometimes it helps her to have a visual reminder to keep her on track. Mostly she helps with making her bed, and sorting silverware. We’re slowly adding in more chores and responsibilities for her as she gets older. What you get in the pack: Chore chart (5 day and 7 day version) Chore symbols (sized for 5 day and 7 day versions) You can also use the blank charts to write in chores. While I wouldn’t exactly use these in a visual schedule, you can certainly integrate them into one. For example,…

What To Do When They Wander

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As a parent, almost nothing may scare you more than when you become separated from your child in a crowded area or public place. Or, what would you do when your child leaves your home in the middle of the night while everyone else is sleeping? Today’s post in Autism A to Z is going to cover just that: What to do when they wander. Having a child who wanders (or elopes, or bolts, or runs) can be incredibly stressful for not only the parents but for everyone in the family. I have a child who has wandered in the past and it is absolutely terrifying. What is Wandering? Before we get into advice and tips, let’s first cover what wandering means as it relates…

Top Ten Books for Young Toddlers

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As Squeaker is getting older, we’re taking another look at our top books for babies. Squeaker will be 18 months old in June and that point, I might be comfortable with classifying her as a toddler. Right now I’d say she’s an older baby or younger toddler, so this post is going to focus on our top ten books for young toddlers. This post contains affiliate links and while you are under no obligation to use them, by purchasing something through my affiliate link you are supporting this site, thanks! Squeaker is read to daily, usually with her choice of books, but she’ll also play with her book collection regularly. Usually this means making up her own dialogue (babbling) or if it’s a book about…

Types of Therapies Available for Autism

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As we’re starting to near the end of this series, I’m realizing just how much I didn’t cover. As I may have mentioned in previous posts, I plan on making additions to this series so I can cover everything that I didn’t get to with the initial run through. I hope that you will continue to join me for those. And for today, we’re going to talk about the types of therapies available for autism because T is for Therapy. What Therapies are Available for Autism? As a part of her schooling, Sweet B receives: Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Music Therapy. After her initial diagnosis, she received physical therapy as well but has since outgrown the need for that. Music therapy has…

50+ Handmade Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

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As Mother’s Day draws closer, I’ve found myself stuck for ideas. I’m making my own Mother’s Day gifts, so I want to do something fun and also something that I’m really going to appreciate. I suppose it’s a blessing and a curse but at the same time, I do want it to be memorable and the whole point of it (from my perspective) is to do something Squeaker. That’s why I’ve searched and found 50+ handmade gift ideas for Mother’s Day that you can make with your toddler or preschooler. Some of these your preschooler or toddler might be able to do independently and others, they will need your help. But you’re a better judge of that than I am 🙂 In that case, send…

How To Handle Judgment From Others

How To Handle Judgment From Others

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So, after checking the tag for my Autism A to Z series, I realized an oversight…. I had never posted my J topic. I’m not sure how this happened but I’ll attribute it to my general tendency to being scatterbrained and attempting to multi-task. Maybe this is why I should just give up that and focus on one thing at a time? Anyway, here’s my out of order J post… on how to handle judgment from others. Having dealt with this for most of my childhood and well into adulthood, judgment is one of those things that I’ve gotten used to ignoring. I try to keep with a ‘judge not, lest ye not be judged’ mentality but I’ll admit- even I can get pretty judgmental….