The AMAZING Siblings of Patients with Autism

The AMAZING Siblings of Patients with Autism

At the Child Development Center of America, it is our custom to request that parents bring the patient’s neurotypical siblings. Staff and interns can learn to appreciate the differences. I get a sense of the challenges faced by the children who are affected. An...
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...
Scripting and Autism

Scripting and Autism

Frequently accompanying the emergence of language in children with speech apraxia, are parental concerns that easy questions are only repeated back, or that the child merely recites phrases from videos, etc. They wonder, “How can we fix this?” Well, maybe,...
Top 10 Annoying Comments to Parents of Children with Autism

Top 10 Annoying Comments to Parents of Children with Autism

Parents of children with special needs are frequently challenged by friends, relatives, acquaintances, social and other media. Sometimes, it is well-meaning advice, but there are comments that can be especially thoughtless, or even unkind. Here are the most...