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	<title>Autism is Not the Boss &#187; Social Skills</title>
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	<description>Parenting tips for children on the autism spectrum. Is it possible to live with autism without losing your mind, your life savings, or your spouse? Yes! It may be an uphill climb at times, but there are also some surprisingly easy spots. So for those parents who are determined to enjoy life with autism, welcome.</description>
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		<title>Keeping It Simple: Dr. Temple Grandin&#8217;s Top 5 Parenting Tips for Autism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I get lost in all of the therapies, advice, opinions and &#8216;new findings&#8217; related to autism. That&#8217;s when I refer back to five simple tips for autism parenting provided by the renowned Dr. Temple Granding  last year during an interview for one of my Examiner.com columns.  I find myself referring back to these rules again and again to regain my focus and areas of priority. Here are the five tips, re-posted for your convenience. I hope they help other parents as they have helped me:
1. Develop the child&#8217;s areas of strengths. Focusing only on delays and weaknesses is not the answer. Developing areas of <a href="http://autismisnottheboss.com/2011/04/keeping-it-simple-dr-temple-grandins-top-5-parenting-tips-for-autism/"> Continue reading...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Son Threw a Shoe in Class Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son threw a shoe in class recently.  In this case, he was working at the chalk board, and a classmate noticed that one of his shoes was untied, and kindly went to tie it for him. The good news was that my son didn&#8217;t throw the shoe at his helpful classmate.  The bad news was that after he threw it, he hid under a table and refused to leave. 
When asked why he threw the shoe, my son says he was acting shy.  My suspicion  is that he lost his concentration and panicked when he could no longer keep up. Am I <a href="http://autismisnottheboss.com/2009/04/my-son-threw-a-shoe-in-class-today-self-regulation-in-the-classroo/"> Continue reading...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good Manners: How to Say Hello Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I found an article online that provided &#8220;Signs that Your Child Might be Spoiled.&#8221; One of the signs mentioned was that he or she would fail to respond upon being greeted. When I read this, I shifted uneasily in my chair. Although he handles please and thank you beautifully, my seven year old son Connor will not even talk to his classmates when he is having a bad day. I know this hurts the other children, who go out of their way to make him feel comfortable in his general education classroom.
Later that day, when I picked <a href="http://autismisnottheboss.com/2009/03/how-to-say-hello/"> Continue reading...</a>]]></description>
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