Tag: Anxiety

Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit Registration Now Open!!!

Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit Registration Now Open!!!

The  Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit Registration is Here! After many, many months of hard work and love, I’m so happy to announce registration for the Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit is open! This has been a labor of love. I want all […]

5 Musts for Social and Emotional Support for Families with Autism and Other Special Needs

5 Musts for Social and Emotional Support for Families with Autism and Other Special Needs

5 must do things for emotional and social support of families with autism or other disabilities. How to combat the all-too-common afterthought situation and loneliness. What to do when you stop getting invites.

5 Reasons Your Special Needs Child Should Join the Boy Scouts of America

5 Reasons Your Special Needs Child Should Join the Boy Scouts of America

Hands down, having my boys join the Boy Scouts of America has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.  It has literally been life-saving for my special needs kids. What will my child be able to do?  What are his/her limitations? How do […]

How to Escape a Metaphorical Riptide

How to Escape a Metaphorical Riptide

Last week I woke up with a start with all of the things I had to do running through my brain.  I was feeling overwhelmed and wrote about how I cope with all the stress in the midst of overwhelm.  Lately it feels like I’ve […]

6 Ways to Prepare You and Your Special Needs Child for Camp

6 Ways to Prepare You and Your Special Needs Child for Camp

It’s summertime and if you haven’t already enrolled your child in a camp, there is still time to do so.  If you don’t do it this year, you can start planning for the next.  This post is to help you navigate the extra challenges of […]

25 Rules for Flirting and Dating for Differently Wired Teens

25 Rules for Flirting and Dating for Differently Wired Teens

If you are like me, when your differently wired teen* develops an interest in the opposite sex, you have to develop a whole new set of “rules” to help your child navigate flirting and dating.  Social situations are hard enough when you don’t pick up […]

We Came, We Saw, We Conquered, We Did It Scared

We Came, We Saw, We Conquered, We Did It Scared

I’m one in a hundred (or rather three hundred twenty). Are you too? I have a little fear of heights (Acrophobia)–mixed with a good sized bit of Basophobia (fear of falling). More specifically, it’s the fear of falling to my death from a height. According […]

Throwback Thursday Prior Post-10/09/09 Autism & Anxiety

Throwback Thursday Prior Post-10/09/09 Autism & Anxiety

Since I’m bringing my blogs into one place, I’ve decided once a week to create a “Throwback Thursday” post where I will be bringing over older posts from my blogs.  For me, this will create a more cohesive stream of content and a view of […]

Welcome to 8 Busy Bees!

Welcome to 8 Busy Bees!

About the new WordPress site and a little about me I am a mom to six kids–four of whom have special needs and are on the Autism Spectrum.  The youngest has been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder and Generalized Anxiety.  This blog is to share […]

Scout Mom and Our Scouting Month

Scout Mom and Our Scouting Month

I plan on posting soon about the reasons I think Scouting is a great thing for boys–especially those on the autism spectrum.  For right now I will say this has been the scouting month. We had our Pinewood Derby We had our District dinner, which […]