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Autism

Special Needs Parks and Playgrounds in Maryland

May 2, 2017 By Nickida

Special Needs Parks and Playgrounds in Maryland Since our son JB was diagnosed with Autism, life for us has changed in many ways. At almost six our son is non-verbal, and this year received an additional diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorder. A trip to the park is always an adventure for us. Not only do…

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Filed Under: Autism, Autism Travel, Special Feature, Travel Tagged With: #30Places30Days, #30Places30Days Challenge, Allen Pond Park, Hadley's Park, Opportunity Park

Non-Verbal Autism and Technology Featuring Lenovo YOGA Book #MyLenovo #YOGABook

April 5, 2017 By Nickida

Non-Verbal Autism and Technology Featuring Lenovo YOGA Book April is Autism Awareness Month. Three years ago I didn’t even know it existed. Which actually is very shameful. If you’ve read my blog, you’re aware that three years ago in May my third child was diagnosed with Autism. Really I should state that he received his…

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Filed Under: Apps & Technology, Autism, Reviews Tagged With: Autism, Lenovo, Non-Verbal Autism, Technology, YOGA Book

Free Printable Checklist for Special Needs Families Planning a Cruise

February 17, 2017 By Nickida

Free Printable Checklist for Special Needs Families Planning a Cruise My family and I are heading on our first cruise in a few months. We’re so excited about the ship that the kids haven’t stopped talking about it for months. I’m both excited and nervous because as a special needs family we have a few…

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Filed Under: Autism Travel, Cruising, Family Life, Family Tips, Tips, Travel Tagged With: Autism, Cruising, Special Needs Travel

El Capitan Theatre to Offer Sensory Friendly Showings of Beauty and the Beast

February 2, 2017 By Nickida

El Capitan Theatre to Offer Sensory Friendly Showings of Beauty and the Beast The world is waiting for the live action release of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast next month. I’ve been excited about this film since I’ve seen the teaser poster. I’ll be attending a special blogger event next month for the film, be…

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Filed Under: Autism, Entertainment Tagged With: Alan Menken, El Capitan Theatre, Emma Watson, Sensory Friendly Movies, Sensory Processing Disorder, SPD

7 Tips for Stress-Free Potty Training Special Needs Children #ad #PottyTrainTogether

September 13, 2016 By Nickida

7 Tips for Stress-Free Potty Training Special Needs Children This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PottyTrainTogether #CollectiveBias When our son J.B. was diagnosed with Non-Verbal Autism, he had just turned three, and he wasn’t potty trained.  I remember family and friends commenting about how we should…

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Filed Under: #CBias, Autism Travel, Family Life, Family Tips, Tips, Travel Tagged With: #PottyTrainTogether, Huggies Pull-Ups, Personal Potty Training Kit, Potty Training Special Needs Kids, Pull-Ups® Cool & Learn® Training Pants

Politics, The Cat in the Hat, and the Magic of Carnival Cruise Lines #CatintheHat4Prez #CruisingCarnival

August 30, 2016 By Nickida

Politics, The Cat in the Hat, and the Magic of Carnival Cruise Lines This weekend my family and I experienced a first for us, we had the opportunity to spend time aboard the Carnival Pride which sails from the Port of Baltimore.  If you were following on social media, my husband and I shared some…

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Filed Under: Autism Travel, Baltimore Living, Travel Tagged With: Carnival Cruise Lines, Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat

Create Your Own Candy Bar in Chocolate World at Hersheypark #ChocolateWorld #SweetestMoms #HersheyparkHappy

July 5, 2016 By Nickida

Create Your Own Candy Bar in Chocolate World at Hersheypark My family and I love Hersheypark, and this year I signed on as a #SweetestMoms Ambassador for the park.  We’ve been a few times to the park, and other attractions around the park, however I will say Chocolate World is usually our last stop for chocolate before…

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Filed Under: Autism Travel, Baltimore Living, Hershey Sweetest Moms, Tips Tagged With: chocolate, Hershey, Hershey's Chocolate World, Hersheypark, Pennsylvania, The Hershey Company

Exclusive Coupon Code for Dutch Wonderland

July 1, 2016 By Nickida

Exclusive Coupon Code for Dutch Wonderland We’ve driven by Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, PA several times while visiting the area.  The park looked like something the kids would definitely enjoy, but we just never made it to the park.  This weekend we are visiting for the first time, and I’ve partnered with Palace Entertainment and…

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Filed Under: Autism Travel, Baltimore Living, Travel Tagged With: Autism Travel, Dutch Wonderland, Family Travel

Visit Kings Dominion During Special Events for More Fun

June 7, 2016 By Nickida

Visit Kings Dominion During Special Events for More Fun Last week I shared about out visit to Kings Dominion and how much the kids enjoyed Planet Snoopy.  We visited during the Spring Bloom Festival and the main reason we went at the end of the festival is because my daughter is a huge Sabrina Carpenter…

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Filed Under: Autism Travel, Baltimore Living, Travel Tagged With: Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Doswell, Kings Dominion, Sabrina Carpenter, Virginia

Registration Open for Free Downtown Sailing for Baltimore Families

June 3, 2016 By Nickida

Registration Open for Free Downtown Sailing for Baltimore Families Last year my family and I had the opportunity to visit the Downtown Sailing Center with Pathfinders for Autism.  Thanks to Pathfinders our autistic son and my husband were able to head out on a sail boat with a few families and enjoy the water for…

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Filed Under: Autism Travel, Baltimore Living, Family Life, Travel Tagged With: Baltimore, Downtown Sailing Center, Free Baltimore Sailing Event, Free Family Events in Baltimore

Family Fun at Kings Dominion

May 31, 2016 By Nickida

Family Fun at Kings Dominion My kids are starting to get older, so this summer my husband and I decided it was time to making some more fun memories with them.  Living in Maryland has some awesome perks, including being close to several states like Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware and more.  We’ve been spending…

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Filed Under: Autism Travel, Baltimore Living, Family Life, Travel Tagged With: Amusement park, Family Travel, Kings Dominion, Kings Dominion Spring Bloom, Special Needs Travel

Hersheypark, Autism, and the 2016 Mazda CX-3 #DriveMazda #DriveShop

May 10, 2016 By Nickida

Hersheypark, Autism, and the 2016 Mazda CX-3 Hersheypark opened a few weeks ago for their Springtime in the Park preview and we just had to get up there for a visit.  Thanks to Drive Shop and Mazda we had a 2016 Mazda CX-3 to test drive that weekend so we figured we’d take the kids…

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Filed Under: Autism, Car Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: #DriveShop, Drive Mazda, Hershey, Hersheypark, Mazda CX-3

The Importance of Finding Your Autism Community

April 30, 2016 By Nickida

The Importance of Finding Your Autism Community It’s the last day of Autism Awareness month this year, most people have already stopped having the conversation since April, 3rd.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not upset with any though, that’s because most of the major organizations that should be promoting awareness push Autism Awareness Day instead of…

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Filed Under: Autism, Baltimore Living, Charity/Good Deeds, Family Life Tagged With: Autism Awareness, Family Fun Run, Pathfinders for Autism, Run Wild for Autism

AT&T’s FiLIP 2 Smart Locator for Children with Special Needs

April 18, 2016 By Nickida

AT&T’s FiLIP 2 Smart Locator for Children with Special Needs Last year during the holidays I read about a preschooler that ran off from a family function in Pennsylvania.  The headline read “Search for Missing Boy with Autism Continues,” it’s hard to imagine that two years ago I wouldn’t have noticed it at all.  I…

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Filed Under: Apps & Technology, Autism, Reviews Tagged With: AT&T

New School for JB

March 17, 2016 By Nickida

New School for JB Something major has been going on in our lives and I didn’t think of sharing, honestly I didn’t know where to begin in the sharing process and up until this morning just thinking about it gave me major anxiety and stress.  When JB was diagnosed with Autism one constant tip I…

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Filed Under: Autism, Family Life Tagged With: Autism, JB, School, Special Needs

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