Remember the Kayak

• By: Carrie Cariello
• July 1st, 2014
• acceptance and humor, autism parenting, child behavior challenges, family experiences, impulsivity, parenting, public outings, sensory behaviors, social situations, wedding
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Carrie Cariello and her husband, Joe, live in New Hampshire. The have five children; four boys and one girl. Their second son, Jack, has autism. (No, their daughter, Rose, is not the youngest. The youngest is Henry, a child born nine months after the urologist canceled Joe’s...

The Lighter Side of the Spectrum: A Mom’s View – Our Story

• By: Carrie Cariello
• January 1st, 2012
• advocacy, communication, diagnosis, early intervention, family experiences, parenting, speech development
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People often ask me how I knew something was wrong with Jack, and how old he was when we noticed warning signs. Obviously autism unfolds differently for each individual; some demonstrate symptoms very early on, while others grow and interact normally until a particular age and then they seemingly...