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Autism: The Red Flag Signs

Parents, grandparents and daycare or preschool providers who see a child often are most able to notice the developmental red flags indicating problems. Your family doctor can check height, weight, skeletal structure…
The Change a Fever Makes

Sam with a fever on Monday of 103 was more coherent than any other time in his life. you see when Sammy does not have a fever he is like a pringles chip. They taste good, come in different flavors, aren't as bad…
Motivating Autistic Children

As a parent or relative of an autistic child, you may be wondering the best way to communicate and interact with them. Luckily, there are quite a few ways to motivate autistic children which will greatly help them to de…
Ava's Play Documented

This is a video of Ava at 26 months of age playing with her mouse doll. She makes the mouse clap its hands. She makes the mouse dance and she sings to it. She does start to stim while playing with her doll - by…
Getting into ABA Therapy

ABA Therapy is one of the most recommended forms of therapy for a child with autism. I interviewed Kelley Prince, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and asked her several questions about ABA Therapy. Here are the questi…
Exclusion From School

Yesterday, The Boy's Team Around The Child review meeting was held. This is an opportunity for all agencies involved with The Boy to provide input as to how their work with him has affected his ability to integrate…
Does Autism excuse bratty behavior?

So here's a question. I had a kid today, is Autistic, be a complete brat in my class. He talked back at me. He spoke to me in a very rude way, very sarcastic. When I tried to go talk to him one on one he ran…
Who Says That?

When Wolfie was about two and a half he repeated everything he heard. This is pretty typical for most kids that age, but for Wolfie it was a little different. By age three he was still doing this. He said his own thing…
Problem? Here's a Drug to Fix it

You would think that any problem at all can be easily fixed with just a pill. Now they are even using drugs to deal with behavioral problems (ritalin, for example). The moral implications of that are simply offensive t…