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The Vaccine Debate

The Vaccine Debate

Posted on January 11, 2012 | 0 Comment

While formal conclusions regarding autism’s causes have yet to be drawn, many researchers today believe autism occurs as the result of genetic and other predispositions coupled with environmental factors or… Read more »

Understanding and Addressing Sensory Integration Dysfunction

Understanding and Addressing Sensory Integration Dysfunction

Posted on January 11, 2012 | 0 Comment

Many individuals with autism have challenges with sensory issues that can result in some of the behaviors often associated with autism. Sensory integration (SI) is the neurological process of organizing… Read more »

New Apps for Enhanced Communication Skills Show Promise for People with Autism

New Apps for Enhanced Communication Skills Show Promise for People with Autism

Posted on January 11, 2012 | 0 Comment

The inability to communicate effectively is one of the hallmarks of an autism diagnosis, leaving severely affected individuals with extremely limited options in expressing thoughts, emotions, and needs. Advancing technologies,… Read more »

Sleep Issues and Autism: How to get some rest.

Sleep Issues and Autism: How to get some rest.

Posted on January 11, 2012 | 0 Comment

Parents of newborns often commiserate about sleep deprivation, later looking back with fond memories of those early sleep-deprived days when their infants awoke frequently for feedings during the night.  But… Read more »

Moving Toward a Multi-Treatment Approach to Autism: The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts

Moving Toward a Multi-Treatment Approach to Autism: The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts

Posted on December 8, 2011 | 1 Comment

A young couple sits in a doctor’s office, both of them feel anxiety brewing in their stomachs. They had waited two months for this appointment. The doctor, from behind his… Read more »

Omega-3 Oils Provide A Cornerstone To Integrated Nutritional Support In ASD.

Posted on November 28, 2011 | 0 Comment

It is now estimated that the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) lies between 1 in every 100-200 children under the age of 5 years, with ADHD and related behavioural… Read more »

Auditory Processing & Autism

Auditory Processing & Autism

Posted on November 28, 2011 | 0 Comment

Children on the autistic spectrum can find the processing of sensory information a challenge. Research shows particularly that auditory processing can be a key factor. Auditory interventions have been used… Read more »

Sunderland University & The Autism Research Unit: The Early Years

Sunderland University & The Autism Research Unit: The Early Years

Posted on November 16, 2011 | 0 Comment

It must be remembered that the possibility of diet triggering any form of neurological disorder would not, at that time, be taken seriously at all, as it just did not… Read more »

Integrating Biomedical and Behavioral Science: The Happy Future Ahead

Integrating Biomedical and Behavioral Science: The Happy Future Ahead

Posted on November 2, 2011 | 1 Comment

Background In general, professionals in the autism field acknowledge only a few “accepted” treatments—most notably, applied behavior analysis (ABA) and the drug Risperdal (risperidone). In contrast, parents worldwide are relying… Read more »

Epilepsy and Autism: Our Experience

Epilepsy and Autism: Our Experience

Posted on July 28, 2011 | 0 Comment

Epilepsy occurs at a much higher rate in children with the diagnosis of autism. I have a 7-year-old son with the diagnosis of PDD-NOS. After hearing Michael Chez, MD, speak… Read more »

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