Living Puzzle

What is the Living Puzzle?

The Living Puzzle is an effort by Mera Babineaux and her family in Virginia to archive all of the resources available to families caring for loved ones with autism in Southwestern Virginia. After their three sons were diagnosed on the spectrum, the family became increasingly frustrated with the lack of resources and difficulty in locating assistance in navigating the confusing diagnosis and became increasingly mired in red tape while attempting to find services to help their boys become as functional as they could be. Living Puzzle is an endeavor which hopes to help other families navigate these services and resources.

This blog is dedicated to issues which impact families living on the autism spectrum. These issues include, but are not limited to, finding and applying for assistance and services, understanding and accessing medical care, therapies, and state programs which may be of assistance, and supporting families in their daily journey on the spectrum.

There will be posts of a political nature as well. These posts are the political opinion of Mera Babineaux, Founder of the Living Puzzle and should not be construed to be anything more than an opinion based on the cited facts within these posts. Whenever possible, facts cited will be underlined links allowing the reader to access the original article.

Links to many resources can be found on the right column of this blog, however the full resource list and many helpful articles can be found on The Living Puzzle website. The site is in transition to our new servers and should be complete by May 1, 2013. In the meantime, families looking for help in locating services, support groups, medical care, therapies, educational assistance for IEPs and IFSPs, etc., can email Mera Babineaux at livingpuzzle@shimmerandshade.com with their specific questions and she will respond as quickly as possible.