Getting a Special Needs Break

Getting a Special Needs Break

Parents of children with developmental disabilities rarely get a break. Sometimes, it is not even possible to have a child watched for a couple of hours while shopping, taking care of your own health, seeing to the needs of other children, or running household...
FDA Warning About Autism Treatment

FDA Warning About Autism Treatment

The FDA took the time, this week (4/2017), to sound an alarm about their notion of potentially dangerous off-label ASD treatments, by issuing, “Autism: Beware of Potentially Dangerous Therapies and Products”. The consumer update begins, “One thing...
Stem Cell Therapy for Autism… cont’d

Stem Cell Therapy for Autism… cont’d

As doctors try to understand and consider various emerging therapies for patients experiencing signs and symptoms of autism, the question of Stem Cell therapy has come to the fore. A Duke University professor barreled onto the scene, recently, with a pronouncement...
Seeking Real Autism Awareness

Seeking Real Autism Awareness

It’s the time of year for Spring walks, fundraisers, and other events to promote autism awareness. Heartwarming stories are featured in social and news media. This is my wish list for true mindfulness of this 21st century childhood disorder. A good start would...
Getting the Most from Behavioral Therapies

Getting the Most from Behavioral Therapies

The ever-increasing number of children who experience significant developmental problems requires a proportional addition of skilled professionals for assessment and intervention. At The Child Development Center, we have noted the emergence of certain patterns...
A(nother) Laboratory Test(s) for Autism

A(nother) Laboratory Test(s) for Autism

A key piece of the autism puzzle appears to have been confirmed in an article published this week in the Public Library of Science Open Access Journal, Computational Biology. The title of the article is Classification and adaptive behavior prediction of children with...