Rerun: Autism, Apraxia, and the Oboe

Rerun: Autism, Apraxia, and the Oboe

Shortly after starting speech therapy, it is not uncommon for our parents to be informed by the professional that their child has speech apraxia. Here’s the thing, the child does not have autism AND an inability to produce words. In the vast majority of cases,...
Screen Addiction Disorder?

Screen Addiction Disorder?

Health professionals have coined a number of new-century terms in order to describe signs and symptoms that were previously unspecified. These have included, Sensory processing, Visual processing, Auditory processing, Executive functioning, Social anxiety,...
The Challenge of Challenging Behaviors

The Challenge of Challenging Behaviors

The Child Development Center has been experiencing a rash (dare I say, “Epidemic”?) of children who present with poor socialization, decreased attention requiring prompting and redirection, sensory and/or oppositional issues, extreme rudeness, dark...
Sleeping Sickness Medicine for Autism?

Sleeping Sickness Medicine for Autism?

‘Game-changer for autism’:100-year-old drug reverses symptoms, study finds Recent headlines, such as those, have stimulated the submission of a fair number of emails that went something like this… Dear Dr. Udell,I saw this study on the internet. I would like to...
Parents Helping Other Parents Battling Autism and ADHD

Parents Helping Other Parents Battling Autism and ADHD

The First Warrior Parent More than 5 decades ago, Dr. Bernard Rimland observed his son’s unusual development, and was determined to understand the cause and treatment of a rare condition called autism. So began a more modern view of the...
Thanks, Moms, for Your Special Attention

Thanks, Moms, for Your Special Attention

There are some great fathers out there, to be sure. Dads, don’t get me wrong, I’ll give you guys your due in June. I’m not judging and I have no idea how I might have done with such a challenging journey as raising an autistic child. I am simply...