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Father’s Touching Photography Series Shines A Light On Living With Autism

February 5, 2016 by Caroline Hoult Leave a Comment

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Welsh photographer and father, Glenn Gameson-Burrows, has enjoyed taking photos of his two daughters as a pastime—especially Aneira, who has autism spectrum disorder. To raise awareness of Aneira and other children on the autism spectrum, the father was inspired to explore the condition and take … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Life, Parenting Tagged With: autism, autism awareness, Autism Awareness Day, autism spectrum disorder, family, fatherhood, Wales photographer

Mall Santa Refuses To Take Picture With Autistic Girl And Service Dog

December 3, 2014 by Tanya Cruz 1 Comment

A mall Santa turned into horrible Grinch when he refused to take a picture with a seven-year-old autistic girl on Sunday  at The Shops at Mission Viejo in Orange County. Santa Claus was reportedly afraid of the girl's service dog, a five-year-old pitbull. Little Abcde Santos patiently waited in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, News Stories Tagged With: autism, autism awareness, pictures with santa, pit bulls, santa, service animals

Theatre: Dreaming In Autism

October 23, 2013 by Tracey Leave a Comment

I went to see a play called Dreaming in Autism, which was written by my friend Christine Rodriguez - it depicts what life is like living with a child with autism, and how it affects the family - something she knows of first-hand. The production  showed at a private high school near my house, so once … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Education, Parenting Tagged With: autism, autism awareness, Autism Speaks Canada, Christine Rodriguez, theatre

Light it up!

April 2, 2013 by Christine 3 Comments

Today is April 2, world Autism Awareness Day. The day that most everyone in the autism community displays the colour BLUE in some way, shape or form. You'll see the Autism Speaks logo everywhere In our house we wear blue in support of a beautiful boy who we all love Eva and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism Tagged With: April 2, autism, autism awareness, Autism Speaks, Light It Up Blue, LIUB, special needs, world autism awareness day

FotoFriday: Part One

November 30, 2012 by Christine

TO BE CONTINUED.... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism Tagged With: autism, autism awareness, special needs

Weekend Update – Blue

April 3, 2011 by Christine

This past Friday marked the beginning of Autism Awareness month.  Saturday was World Autism Awareness Day.  Many prominent buildings worldwide light up the night sky a beautiful blue to shine the light on autism.What did I do to celebrate?  I change my facebook profile pic to one of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: autism, autism awareness, friends, hockey tournament, Light It Up Blue, parenting, sleepover, swimming, village

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