Integrated Autism Hosts Halloween Party in Barrie

This week Jacob reviews Final Fantasy 7 Remake!

  This article first appeared in Autism Matters in the Fall 2017 Issue. Click the following link to view the article: Hedley article PDFv2.pdf   About the Author: Teresa is a teacher, writer and autism advocate, but first and foremost, she is mother to Erik (18), a young man on the autism spectrum. For the past four…

by Matthew J. Lemay Congratulations! You’ve submitted an application for a job you’re interested in and have received the call to come in for an interview. With the excitement of that however, comes the nerves that everyone gets. And for someone with ASD, those nerves can sometimes take on a life of their own. I’ve…

Dealing With Late Diagnosis by Matthew Lemay I was almost exactly a month away from my eighteenth birthday when I received a diagnosis that I never expected: Asperger’s Syndrome. It was an accepted fact amongst my family and the rest of my inner circle that I had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD. After all, I…

The Transition to Life Kingston participants had a great outing with Kingston 4 Paws Service Dogs.   The group met at St Lawrence College to Kingston 4 Paws Service Dogs. The organization spent some time talking to the group about why they train service dogs, what commands they use, how these dogs are important to…

Andrew Joseph Roy:  August 22, 1989 March 5, 2018 On March 5, 2018 we lost a wonderful person. On that day, Andrew Roy passed away suddenly at 28. It has been a very difficult month for everyone but last week, we came together to celebrate Andrew’s life. We talked about Andrew the collector, the gamer,…