Welcome to Autism America
This site was developed specifically for parents of children who are autistic. We, as parents who live with autism, experience many things over the years. We wish we had had a "blueprint" to follow along the way, so as parents, sisters, brothers, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and those on down the line who are living with autism 24/7/365 can tell you, we know you need help - “honest help”. We can provide you answers from credible sources that have a practical use, from people who understand autism related challenges in more than just an academic context.
What We Offer
Our goal is to encourage healthy lifestyles, promote independence and inclusion, and expand personal growth to improve the quality of life for all individuals impacted by autism.
We empower parents by providing them with access to autism related resources and relevant information from credible sources that have a practical use, from people who understand autism related challenges in more than just an academic context. We believe that every person affected by autism has the right to have access to quality resources and a “blueprint” of guidance needed to develop and build life skills in order to achieve an abundance of independence.
Advocacy and Independence
• Education and Information regarding Autism, its symptom(s), and treatments.
• Unique lessons learned advice to help you respond appropriately to a specific or exclusive situation.
• Advocacy to support you with learned procedures that ensure your insurance claims get covered and paid
• Volunteer help or professional information regarding the person with Autism.
• Products we’ve used that help mitigate and better manage the numerous symptoms of the disorder.
Autism America - Blog
Here we share information and news that we consider important to our fellow parents.
GoFundMe Page
- Written by Kitty Draut Kitty Draut
- Published: 05 May 2023 05 May 2023
We are grateful to Kendall McCabe and others for organizing a GoFundMe page as a part of their project on autism awareness for their AP Language and Composition class. If you can, please donate here ... https://gofund.me/ef9b4332
Angel & Benji's First Litter - More Detail
- Written by Kitty Draut Kitty Draut
- Published: 04 January 2023 04 January 2023
For everyone who has been keeping up with our journey on Autism America, Angel’s Among Us, here’s a more detailed update on all the puppies and their future plans!!!
Angel & Benji's Puppies - Born June 20, 2022
- Written by Kitty Draut Kitty Draut
- Published: 15 November 2022 15 November 2022
Much to our surprise, Angel and Benji made more puppies than known to be possible for the size of Angel. All puppies were born on June 20th, healthy and all puppies survived the birth. Read More
Starting Out with Therapy Dogs
- Written by Kitty Draut Kitty Draut
- Published: 19 January 2022 19 January 2022
We are now personally working with Angel and Benji, Havanese, to train them as Therapy Dogs to see if they can reduce the severity or totally circumvent the onset of a meltdown. Whereas Service Dogs are trained to work for a variety of special disabilities and provide physical assistance or control for some autism behaviors, therapy dogs can assist autistic children by making them feel socially and emotionally secure.
Havanese are cheerful little dogs with big brown eyes and affectionate with people. We will post more information about our experience as we gain it, and have started a blog at Therapy Dogs here on this website.
Our Experience with Magnetics
- Written by Kitty Draut Kitty Draut
- Published: 06 August 2018 06 August 2018
Our grandson Aaron was diagnosed severely autistic at 2 years old and was non-verbal. In 2008, I was introduced to Nikken. I had listened to many testimonies about Nikken and Autism, so we bought the Kenko Naturest Mattress Topper and a Nikken Kenko Dream Comforter with magnetic technology for him. Immediately we noticed that Aaron did not flop and thrash around in the bed like he used to.
Our Experience with Essential Oils
- Written by Kitty Draut Kitty Draut
- Published: 16 July 2018 16 July 2018
Autism therapies are expensive; we searched for practical solutions to use on a daily basis and without a big time commitment or ongoing expensive obligations.
With Aaron, we wanted to avoid prescription medications and use all natural methods where possible.
He needed help falling asleep and staying asleep. Essential Oils provided that help.
We found that Essential Oils modified his behavior and enhanced sensory therapy strategies.
Essential Oils also reduced his anxiety and improved his focus and concentration.
Read more about Essential Oils. Find out if they will work for you.
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