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Taking autistic twins on vacation

Everyone loves to go on vacation, right?  For autistic twins, triplets or quadruplets, this can be very stressful as it involves a lot of changes and unexpected situations. You’ve probably heard families complain about how their vacation was “ruined” by their autistic child. Rather than taking the time to understand why travel might be hard for them and what accommodations they could make. Even though…

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Toilet training autistic twins

Toilet training autistic twins is one of the most frequently commented on topic in our community! You may think it is difficult to toilet train just one child, but add in twins or triplets and autism, and it can be a completely different experience. But don’t fear – you are already doing lots of challenging things as a parent to twins or more, so don’t…

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Help! My autistic twins won’t sleep through the night

It is very common for autistic children to have unusual sleep patterns.  If they are twins, triplets or quadruplets, this may lead to even more challenges.  Sleep troubles and autism Sleep troubles and autism are very common – in fact it is estimated that between 40 to 80% of autistic children have trouble sleeping.  They may have trouble falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, poor sleep…

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