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The Immorality of Early Diagnosis with No Access to Treatment

Dr. Ami Klin, an academic with expertise in autism. For the first time in many months, I thought here’s a guy who really understands. The lecture is 22 minutes long, and well worth the time. Dr. Klin discusses…
Routine Screening For Autism: Not Routine Enough

American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended early screening for a long time and provides, free of charge, guidelines to all Pediatricians.
Sense of Well-being

Parents of children with Sensory Processing Disorder ( SPD) know very well that besides sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell there are other senses many forget. There are 8 different senses when these last three are a…
Choosing the Right Therapy for your Child

Wow is this a great topic. For starters, let me say that there is NO right answer. Please keep an open mind to what everyone says because, just like our children with autism, every family, parent, situation is total…
Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder: An Overwhelming Experience

Shopping, crowds, people, change, unexpected sights, loud sounds, balloons popping, trolleys hustling, keys cutting, hip hip hooray and happy birthday. Going out with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Di…
Early Intervention: What is it?

I recently had a parent in desperation ask me what she should do. She had taken her daughter to the doctor several times. She knew in her heart that her daughter who was born at 32 weeks and was not developing as her p…
Early Intervention Procedures Study

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released some encouraging news (see below) regarding studies on Early Intervention for children on the Autism Spectrum. Their studies are showing what many of us have already k…
Developmental Delays

For several years, I worried about my son’s hearing. We had noticed at around 1 year old, that he wasn’t responding to sounds. At the time, there were a lot of issues to deal with. We were switching doctors.…
Alternative Treatments for Autism Results

We have probably tried as many different alternative treatments for our son as anybody. Most of these are shunned or outright scorned by conventional medical practitioners. Since the time Kai was diagnosed with auti…
Appointments

When we first noticed signs of autism in Pudding, we panicked. We were three weeks away from moving to an isolated Spanish-speaking country that offered very limited support to children with developmental delays.…