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Autism and a Death in the Family – Part 2

During the holidays, my family and I had to travel from California to North Carolina due to the sudden death of one of my siblings. Our usual Christmas plans had to be suddenly adjusted. It was not the Christmas that we had planned. I went to North Carolina on a red eye on the 23rd…

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Surgery for a Family Member

How do you talk to your child with autism when a member of his immediate family is about to have major surgery? My husband had major surgery six years ago but our child was only two. We didn’t really have to involve him. When he just had the same surgery last week, my husband and I had to come up with a strategy on how to tell and involve our now eight-year-old child. What did we do?

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Jodie Sweetin on Family Additions

Jodie Sweetin shares her secret for surviving motherhood: Caffeine. I live on coffee, Jodie tells People. With an almost 3-year-old who is a night owl and doesnt like to go to bed until almost 11 p.m., and a 6-month-old who likes to wake up at 6:30 a.m., coffee is a necessity!