Recess is Important for Special Needs Students, Too

Recess is Important for Special Needs Students, Too

An Open Letter to School Officials There are developmental states between having autism and having had it. It’s analogous to the ‘pins-and-needles’ feeling following a limb injury, for example, but preceding a more complete recovery. During that...
Processing Disorders and Autism

Processing Disorders and Autism

There are a number of newly-minted diagnoses that have been invented to explain many of the symptoms of the modern epidemic that covers autism. They include: Diagnosis: → Sensory Processing Disorder → Visual Processing Disorder → Auditory Processing Disorder...
Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs – Fall 2016

Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs – Fall 2016

This week, the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs held its semiannual conference in downtown Atlanta, GA. This is ‘Ground 0’ for practitioners, researchers and professors from all over the world to meet, learn, explore and discuss a myriad of...
Home Schooling Children with Autism Issues

Home Schooling Children with Autism Issues

ADHD, aggression, bullying and being bullied, meltdowns, oppositional, auditory, visual and other Sensory Processing Disorders, are among the many challenges of modern school-aged children who are recovering from the conditions that are categorized under Autism...
Digital Devices and Autism

Digital Devices and Autism

Nearly every day, a family enters our office and, within moments, the child obtains some type of digital device. A parent then admits, “I have to give him the iPhone.” For affected infants, toddlers, and youngsters, this behavior only appears to...
School Preparation for Special Needs Students

School Preparation for Special Needs Students

Boundless advice is offered on all forms of media that suggests the best ways to handle the coming school year. Here are some tips that may help your not-so-neurotypical youngster who faces the challenges of the next academic season. ◊ Don’t wait to begin a...