About Holly Anderson

Holly Anderson is Editor for Special Needs Bliss and a contributor for Family Bliss. She is a freelance writer living in suburban Indianapolis, with her husband and three sons, ages 19, 12, and 7 - one with Asperger's and one with autism. She can also be found blogging about her faith, love, and daily pursuit of sanity at My (Un)Controlled Chaos. About our editors

Website: http://MyUnControlledChaos.blogspot.com

Posts by Holly Anderson

Where To Start With Autism?
By Holly Anderson on April 3, 2009

This is part of a month-long look at the Autism Spectrum in honor of Autism Awareness Month. The general public has all kinds of views and ideas when the word “autism” is brought up. In fact, anyone who has ever spent time with more than one {read more}

 

World Autism Awareness Day
By Holly Anderson on April 2, 2009

Today is World Autism Awareness Day, and kicks off Autism Awareness Month. Events and campaigns are taking place all over the world to spotlight this devastating condition, which is affecting more and more families each day. The Autism Calendar lists {read more}

 

Tips and Techniques: Engaging Special Needs Kids
By Holly Anderson on March 31, 2009

Parenting a special needs child is often a community effort. As the old saying goes -  it really does take a village to raise a child. Your special needs child, just like any other child, may often be in the hands of someone other than you – at {read more}

 

Autism Library Giveaway!
By Holly Anderson on March 30, 2009

April is National Autism Awareness Month; and in honor of this, Brookes Publishing is holding Autism Library Giveaways throughout the month. Shazaaaam! This awesome library includes 13 wonderful books that would serve any family in the throws of {read more}

 

Faith, Love, and the Pursuit of Sanity: Be Cautious of Extremes.
By Holly Anderson on March 22, 2009

My husband sort of lives by a motto that he often reminds our three sons of: always and never are very strong words. I think I’ve heard him say this hundreds, if not thousands, of times in our 21-year relationship. He cautions the boys that the {read more}

 

Tips and Techniques: Tying Shoes
By Holly Anderson on March 19, 2009

Learning to tie their own shoes is a childhood milestone that kids normally learn to do by kindergarten. Not so with many special needs kids. It may be an issue of delayed motor skills, visual perception deficits, processing delays, or a physical disability {read more}

 

Is Your Child Hitting Her Milestones?
By Holly Anderson on March 17, 2009

Not every child who lags behind in some area is a “special needs” child. Every child develops differently and at a different rate than his or her peers. But it is important to know, as parents, what could be a developmental “red flag.” Following {read more}

 

After the Ride: Job Numbers Grim for People With Disabilities
By Holly Anderson on March 15, 2009

  Occasionally, we look at how schools prepare special needs riders for life after the bus ride ends. Transition planning often includes travel training on how to use public transit systems and getting them ready for the working world. But like everywhere {read more}

 

The New Mazda AZ-Wagon for Wheelchairs
By Holly Anderson on March 13, 2009

Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the launch of its redesigned Mazda AZ-Wagon i, a special needs vehicle equipped with a sloping access ramp for wheelchairs. The new model is based on the fully redesigned AZ-Wagon micro-mini that was launched in {read more}

 

Of His Autism: Recovering? Perhaps. Cured? No.
By Holly Anderson on March 12, 2009

My five-year-old son has come an amazingly long way since his autism spectrum disorder diagnosis at the age of two. Early intervention occupational, developmental, physical, speech, and behavioral therapies along with around-the-clock implementation {read more}

 

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