Got A Peanut? (Resources)

Got a peanut you think might have autism spectrum disorder (ASD)? Just been diagnosed?

There are a lot of great resources out there, but it is hard to know where to start. Here are some of my favorite places to learn and share. This page is a work in progress and will be updated periodically.

Newly Diagnosed? This is a free e-book written by a friend written with the goal to "help parents receiving an autism diagnosis for their child adjust to the challenges of autism parenting and to inspire all autism parents to embrace their own strength, skills, and identity. "

My Favorite Autism Parenting Blogs

• Adventures in Extreme Parenthood
• Autism and Oughtisms
• Autism In a Word
• Autism Rocks
• Autism Wonderland
• Barnmaven
• Both Hands and a Flashlight
• Confessions from Household Six
• Defining Normal
• Disability and Representation
• The Domestic Goddess
• Don't Mind the Mess
• Everybody's Boy
• Everyday Adventures
• Flappiness Is
• Into the Woods
• I Should Have Called Him Calvin
• Laura Shumaker
• Look Me in the Eye (John Elder Robison)
• Maternal Instincts
• On the Beans
• Our Adventures with Riley
• Pancakes Gone Awry
• ProfMomEsq
• Punky Mama
• Running to be Still
• Sailing Autistic Seas
• She's Always Write
• Snagglebox
• Solodialogue
• Tales From Beyond the Dryer Vent
• The Squashed Bologna
• The Tumultuous Truth
• Spectrum Mummy
• Squidalicious (Great blog to learn about iPad apps!)
• Stimeyland
• The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
• This Side of Typical
• Try Defying Gravity
• Wonderfully Wired
• Woulda Coulda Shoulda

Other Special Needs Blogs I Read

• Bad Words
• Fighting Monsters With Rubber Swords 
• Hopeful Parents
• Kidneys and Eyes
• Love That Max
• No Points for Style
• Rachel Coleman's Blog (Signing Time)
• SPD Blogger Network (Sensory Processing Disorder)
• Support for Special Needs

Resources

• Parents Helping Parents
• First Signs
• Autism Speaks
• Do2Learn (Free Icons, Picture Cards, etc.)
• Signing Time
• IEP information (links coming soon)
  
  • Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy (Great place to learn your rights)

Where to Buy:

• Chewies
• Chewy tubes
• Moe's favorite chewy on a rope
• HuggMe Tank Top
  
  • This is also the site for the Abilitations Catalog - tons of great specialty resources including weighted lap pads and blankets, swings, fine and gross motor toys. Lots of great products to buy or inspire make at home or less expensive solutions.
• I used this Etsy seller for a custom weighted lap pad.

And check out this great resource page at Both Hands and Flashlight.