by Sonia Voynow | Jan 7, 2016 | How Connection Eases Stress
As the parent of a 17-year-old with autism, I have four more years before being faced with The Cliff. The cliff is a time of reckoning for many families who have a child on the autism spectrum. You come to this cliff when your child turns 21, and he or she ages out of...
by Sonia Voynow | Dec 6, 2013 | Empowered Parenting, Seeing Your Whole Child
I’ve been preoccupied lately (some would say obsessed) with thoughts about my son’s future. In six short years, he will be 21, an age that strikes terror into the heart of anyone who has a child with special needs. Services like physical and speech therapy, and social...
