Helping Parents Help Kids

The ASDworld logo contest is over, and we’ll be refining the logo a bit and updating the site soon to use it here. Also, after a too-lengthy selection process, I’ve decided to build the alpha version of the test site using Joomla. Joomla and drupal...

One idea I’ve had for a while and thought I would implement after the alpha version of the site is done is an “honor roll” of sorts recognizing businesses that we find, as families, to be “autism friendly.” I’m writing this post now because I...

The new site is being worked on in the background as I write this: We’ve already identified the outlines of logo through our crowdSPRING contest. As the designer creates new entries, we’ll try to run a poll to see what our visitors like. We’ll be...

This Slate article talks about the Hawthorne effect, which basically says that positive interactions with people creates positive outcomes, at least for a while. It’s sort of like a placebo effect for behavior. Using facilitated communication as an example, the author details one reason why...