Katja Ridderbusch By Katja Ridderbusch Michael Goodroe isn’t the type who worries easily or is quickly scared. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, “I was a little.
By Katja Ridderbusch
Michael Goodroe isn’t the type who worries easily or is quickly scared.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, “I was a little sad,” he says as he sits down in his parents’ Roswell bungalow, his hands neatly folded on the large wooden dining room table. “Because I felt that the life I knew was over, that I wouldn’t be able to be with my friends and other family members anymore.”
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NEWARK - As the mom of a 15-year-old daughter on the autism spectrum, sometimes the thing Paula Hamilton needs most is to know her family isn’t alone.
When she found out that Autism Society Central Ohio (ASCO) was establishing a Coffee, Tea, Autism and more support groups in Licking County, she decided to join.
“I just think it helps to know there are other parents out there who have the same issues,” she said. “Being able to talk to someone else has been so nice.”
Attending the meetings gave her the opportunity to share her experiences while also taking time for self care. She even got the opportunity to try restorative yoga.
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Autism – or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as a diagnosis has been with us for a long time yet is still a human condition many don’t truly understand.
It was American child psychiatrist Leo Kanner who first published a paper back in 1943 describing eleven youngsters in his care who were highly intelligent but displayed “a powerful desire for aloneness” and “an obsessive insistence on persistent sameness.” He later named their condition “early infantile autism.”
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These days, the mission for greater support for families living with autism is the focus of April which is globally recognised as Autism Awareness Month. This is when the Autism Society of America urges people to “celebrate differences as it works to build an inclusive society where individuals with autism live fully through connection and acceptance.”
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