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Keys to a Calm Christmas: Finding Friends Who Can Empathize
Last year we had a reporter from a local newspaper come over to talk about the challenges of the holidays for special-needs families. She asked good questions: “What do you do differently because of your son’s sensory issues?” “What’s hard about being out of his routine?” And my favorite, “What advice would you give to…
The Third Key to a Calm Christmas: Responding to Others’ Expectations
I hate not living up to someone else’s expectations. That will happen a dozen times at least in the next few weeks. When we can’t make James sit still at the dinner table. When we he and I can’t make it to every church event. When he won’t smile for the family picture. It isn’t…
The Second Key to a Calm Christmas: Help for Our Sensory Seekers and Avoiders
One of my favorite Christmas books when I was growing up was The Sweet Smell of Christmas, a scented story book. You could scratch and sniff a pine tree, an orange, hot chocolate, and a candy cane. But when I bought it for my own boys, they reacted to it differently than I did over…
The First Key to a Calm Christmas: Help for Our Routine-Loving Kids
I’m so glad you’re joining me for 5 Keys to a Calm Christmas! I’ve been praying for each of you, and asking God to help me share information that will bring more peace to your Christmas season. If this is the first time we’ve “met,” I’ll tell you a little bit about my family! As…
James’s Amazon Christmas List
I know how hard it can be to shop for our kids on the autism spectrum, so I’m sharing James’s Christmas list this year! It’s all from Amazon, so you can click the affiliate links to check them out and hopefully be inspired! Stuffed plush Julia from Sesame Street– Julia is Sesame Street’s character…