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A unique play area created for children with autism and their families

by admin | autism, day outings, museums, playgrounds | 0 comments

Find out about a unique hands-on play environment created especially for children with autism and their families in honour of World Autism Awareness Month.

Gifted children are often misdiagnosed and misunderstood

by Mia Von Scha | ADHD, autism | 22 comments

Most gifted kids end up like an unwrapped gift – they are a group of the most unrecognized and misdiagnosed children around today. They are some of the children most often found in a variety of therapies because they don’t fit in the normal schooling mould and we don’t know what to do with them.

Autism – what you need to know

by Danielle Barfoot | autism | 1 comment

The number of autism cases are increasing worldwide. Yet the symptoms of this conditions are often so vague and subtle that parents and even medical experts find it difficult to pinpoint what exactly is wrong with a child.

Special needs? Educate your child at home

by Danielle Barfoot | ADHD, autism, homeschooling, special needs | 2 comments

Aside from a lack of viable schools, the reasons parents educate their children with special needs at home vary. They may be frustrated that schools are unable to provide the services their child needs, t

Why homeschooling works for some

by Willemien von Solms | autism, homeschooling | 0 comments

Have you ever considered homeschooling your children? Perhaps you live on a remote farm or your special needs child cannot be accommodated in a mainstream school, or maybe your child is simply not getting the individual attention he deserves.

What if your child can’t go to a mainstream school?

by Stacey Vee | autism | 4 comments

“Travis will never go to a normal school.”
It hurt, hearing those words coming from our first-born’s paediatric neurologist, but we needed to hear them. Up until that point…