October 5, 2010

Emerson Speaks!

Emerson is getting the word out and folks are catching on.  Check out this article on Marraige and Emerson’s family on CNN.  Check out more discussions from Emerson on our blog.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/19/autism.divorce.rates/index.html?iref=allsearch

January 16, 2010

Divorce and Autism: They don’t have to go hand in hand. A father’s struggle to heal his son, his family and beat the odds

Let me introduce myself. I’m Emerson Donnell. Born and raised in New Jersey I waited until my 40’s to have a child. Little did I know I was a perfect match, a statistical poster of the typical parent who sires an autistic child, (an older white male living in New Jersey, the state with the highest incidence of autism.) And little did I know after the birth of my son Emerson that my wife Jen and I were being railroaded right into the next widely accepted statistic. Supposedly over 80% of marriages that sire an autistic child end in divorce. Read more

January 3, 2010

Convert the bane of a typical autistic behavior into therapy:

Every child’s autism is different and unique, however, there are also many common traits. One of the most frustrating and dangerous is what I call the deaf run. This is where the child will bolt from a parent’s hand for some desired object. Normal children do this as well, Read more

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