This is an ongoing series about my 8-year-old son, Newt, who was diagnosed with high-functioning autism when he was three. Since that time, he's tested off the spectrum. We think some of this is why. . . So yesterday I was at my friend's house -- the friend who basically got our family in the [...]

This is an ongoing series about my 8-year-old son, Newt, who was diagnosed with high-functioning autism when he was three. Since that time, he's tested off the spectrum. We think some of this is why. . .One of the first things you hear about autistic children is that they're "inflexible." There are stories upon horror [...]

So last week I started a series called Peeling the Onion. I'm hoping it'll actually force me to start writing about how we helped our son, Newt, with his high-functioning autism (I've started this project several times and I always screw it up). Why "peeling the onion?" It seems like an appropriate description for a [...]

Some of you know that my 8-year-old son, Newt, was diagnosed with high-functioning autism/Asperger's syndrome when he was 3. He's since tested off the spectrum, and at age 6, we held our breath as he walked into 1st grade without anyone knowing his history. It's pretty much been business as usual for the last two [...]

More tales from the autism front. Today's questions come from the mother of "Tara," a 3-and-a-half year old who was just diagnosed. Keep in mind that I've never met these people, so I'm basically just relaying what we did in these same situations. Our son, Newt, was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at the same age and [...]