Emails from a Parent Concerned about Autism

Emails from a Parent Concerned about Autism

We get emails galore at The Child Development Center. The following exchanges (which took place over 7 months) are from one insightful, articulate and appropriately concerned mother. Such correspondence is representative of the majority of questions that accompany...
Sensory Processing in Autism – 2

Sensory Processing in Autism – 2

I was sprucing up some files, recently, and accidentally deleted my original post on this subject. Hours were spent attempting to recover that essay. And, yes, Virginia, I did back up – do file recovery programs ever actually work? I finally decided that, since...
Really Scary Autism Treatments

Really Scary Autism Treatments

Emily Willingham, a Forbes blogger who frequently waxes less-than-sympathetic in her stories concerning autism, recently posted her Five Scariest ‘Treatments’. While I do not disagree with some of her picks, I take issue with the tone of the blog and the...
MAPS Fall Conference 2013 – Day 3

MAPS Fall Conference 2013 – Day 3

Saturday Allergies in Special Needs Children Dr. Jeffrey Bradstreet – Introduction to Allergies in Special Needs Children With a less-than-healthy intestine, there is loss of tight cellular junctions, allowing toxins and food proteins to be exposed to blood,...