The Childhood Autism Rating Scale Explained

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Many people who discover that their child has autism have a laundry list of questions.  How severe is it?  Can it be treated?  Will my child grow up to live a normal life?  How do you know it’s autism?  Although your family doctor can explain some of the ins and outs of the disorder, you [...] . . . → Read More: The Childhood Autism Rating Scale Explained

A Weekend of Fun and Games

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It was a good weekend, for the most part. My husband had to go to his brother’s house to help him with a couple things. He went up there first thing Saturday morning. There were two events going on that my daughter wanted to go to. One was a children’s event, [...] . . . → Read More: A Weekend of Fun and Games

I Don’t Need A Man To Start My Fire

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I went camping with the family over the weekend. My husband had Friday off, so we wanted to get set up before the kids got home from school. We also wanted to have the tent set up before the rain started. The forecast called for some rain showers for an hour or [...] . . . → Read More: I Don’t Need A Man To Start My Fire

When Your NT Child Lacks Social Skills

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For most parents of an autistic child and an NT child, it’s the autistic child that the focus of social skills is placed. For some parents, like me, it’s both. My NT daughter has a lot of difficulties with socialization. She is very sensitive, and introverted. She takes the slightest hint [...] . . . → Read More: When Your NT Child Lacks Social Skills

Organic Milk Bottler Accused of Misrepresenting Product

Press Release (This is long.  I am not posting the entire press release.  The link to the entire article is below.)
http://www.cornucopia.org/2011/04/largest-organic-milk-bottler-accused-of-misrepresenting-products/
Cornucopia, Wis.—The Cornucopia Institute filed a formal request with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today, asking for an investigation into Dean Foods’ advertisements for its Horizon milk with Omega-3 DHA, alleging the nation’s largest dairy [...] . . . → Read More: Organic Milk Bottler Accused of Misrepresenting Product

Mortality Rate Increased In Persons With Autism

PRESS RELEASE from Autism Speaks, www.autismspeaks.org.
MORTALITY RATE IS INCREASED IN PERSONS WITH AUTISM WHO ALSO HAVE EPILEPSY
Autism Speaks and Miami Children’s Hospital examined co-morbidity of autism and epilepsy among brain donations from Autism Speaks Autism Tissue Program and data from the California State Department of Developmental Services to examine differences in mortality rates when both [...] . . . → Read More: Mortality Rate Increased In Persons With Autism

Breaking The Blame Addiction

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Written By: Mark Osteen

When you’re the parent of a child with severe autism and read those autism recovery stories, you feel that if you were truly a good parent, you’d have “beaten” autism too. But what if you don’t beat it?
You can look for magical explanations. No matter how rational you think you are, when [...] . . . → Read More: Breaking The Blame Addiction

Tips For Parenting A Special Needs Child

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* If a parent has concerns or questions about their young developing child first consult your trusted pediatrician. Many pediatricians have not had sufficient training in knowing the signs of early autism spectrum disorders. If your pediatrician is very experienced, he or she will have a keen sense of atypical development and [...] . . . → Read More: Tips For Parenting A Special Needs Child

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