Autism vs. Insurance

Autism vs. Insurance

If insurance is a wager to cover the expenses incurred due to some rare, catastrophic event, then health insurance is only a distant cousin. It’s betting how much you will owe hospitals and doctors when you are un-well. For people who will never get sick or...
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...
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...