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My son shows autistic signs
2007-12-13 05:12:00 Q: My son is two weeks away from being two years old. About two months ago, I saw those new Autism Speaks videos on CNN and became worried that my son may show some signs of Autism. Before watching the videos, the only worry I had for him was that he had walked later (15.5 ... More About: Signs
GFCF diet for autism and yeast problem
2007-12-10 07:43:00 Q: I heard that GFCF diet for autism can unmask a yeast problem. It appears my daughter has a yeast infection. She is miserable right now poor thing. We are getting ready to take her to the doctors but I was wondering if this might be a sign that she does have a problem with ... More About: Diet , Autism , Problem
How to deal with rages of autistic children
2007-12-10 05:15:00 Q: I hope today was mainly medication related, but our son who has autism raged from early afternoon until about half an hour ago, so roughly 8-10 hours, until he finally fell asleep after the pedi said to give him some Benadryl. I was truly afraid he was going to hurt himself or one of ... More About: Children , Deal , Rages , Ages
GFCF diet tips
2007-12-08 14:57:00 Q: My son who has autism has been doing pretty good with the GFCF diet. He is not fighting us too bad and will try what ever we get him. He has been wanting Mcdonalds and begging us for it but we have been able to keep him off that topic.My daughter on the other ... More About: Diet , Tips
Autism Recovery Chances
2007-12-06 15:54:00 According to The Mental Health Institute, 10% of children with autism can recover and come back to mainstream. Recovery means that these kids are indistinguishable from their peers. Their disability no longer impairs them from having a normal life. Because of the age of autistic children get diagnosed is around two years old now which ... More About: Autism , Chances
GFCF for autism is helping
2007-12-05 07:04:00 In the past few months I have been learning about the GFCF(gluten free and casein free) diet and trying out recipes and such. Now my husband knows that the food isn’t all that bad and I have been sending testimonies of the kids it has helped. We have tried our best to go 100% GFCF ... More About: Autism
Gluten and casein free diets for autistic kids
2007-12-02 09:21:00 It’s the parents of children with autism but not the doctors and researchers who found out the dietary treatment for autism firstly. These parents discovered that, after eating specific food, the autism of their kids got worse. So, they began to watch out which food is bad for autism. Since the effecting food for every ... More About: Kids , Diets , Free
Can Training Cure Autism?
2007-12-01 15:46:00 Training can not “cure” autism completely. For now, there’s no medicine, program or training can guarantee a “cure” of autism. But, the training can help children with autism develop their communication and language skills, social skills, self-help skills, leisure skills,etc. Many children with autism could live a independent life after grown up by the training. Although ... More About: Autism , Training , Cure , Raining
Overeating and Knots in hair
2007-11-29 14:38:00 Q: My autistic daughter has become obsessed with twirling her hair. She is making huge knots that I probably could pick out with a fine comb but she screams and throws a fit and moves all over that I can’t get the knot out. I ended up cutting out the big one and then found ... More About: Hair , Knot
Frustrations of parents/families of autistic children towards schools/teach
2007-11-29 14:26:00 If I make it short, it would all boil down to (1) the level of knowledge professionals have, (2) the level of knowledge they think they have and (3) integrity.In no particular order:INTEGRITY: I met my daughter’s speech teacher for the first time and he told me my daughter really needed more speech and if ... More About: Children , Schools , Parents , Families , Pare
Horseback riding therapy for autism
2007-11-29 14:08:00 We came back from horseback riding therapy for autism. My daughters respite worker and a little old lady who works at the stable was leading her horse. The horse got spooked and took off running and it ripped the rieigns out of our respite workers hands and out of the little old lady’s hands who ... More About: Autism , Therapy , Riding , Thera
GPS services for autism
2007-11-29 14:00:00 Q: Do you know of a GPS system for kids or people with autism or alzheimers. I have been researching it online, but can’t find anything. Answer: There is something that was being worked on a few years ago called a Verichip. It worked similar to the kind that are injected under the skin of pets-the size ... More About: Services , Autism
How music therapy works for autism treatment
2007-11-28 15:35:00 Generally speaking, there’s two ways that music therapy works for children with autism: the active way and the possive way. As the possive way, the music could be played by a therapist or a radio. And if the child with autism gets used to it, listening to music could become part of her/his daily life. Because ... More About: Music , Autism , Treatment , Works , Music Therapy
WiFi might cause autism
2007-11-27 15:53:00 According to a new study published this week in the Australasian Journal of Clinical Environmental Medicine, Wi-Fi might be linked to the growing number of cases of childhood autism. Dr. George Carlo, who led the study, said, “The electromagnetic radiation apparently causes the metals to be trapped in cells, slowing clearance and accelerating the onset ... More About: Autism , Wifi
How long is autism training?
2007-11-27 15:19:00 The training for children with autism is a long-term work. Both plentiful experience and huge patience are needed for the trainers. For autistic children, the training will be necessary all through the process of growing up. As long as the children are well trained, they may learn skills that people think they wouldn’t. Dr Bernard ... More About: Autism , Training , Long , Raining
Can training cure autism?
2007-11-27 08:51:00 Training can not “cure” autism completely. For now, there’s no medicine, program or training can ganrantee a “cure” of autism. But, the training can help children with autism develop their communication and language skills, social skills, self-help skills, leisure skills,etc. Many children with autism could live a independent life after grown up by the training. ... More About: Autism , Training , Cure , Raining
Efforts of ativan for autism
2007-11-26 04:31:00 Q: Lorazepam or (ativan) is the med that my son has been perscribed today from the psychiatrist. My son (4) is to start taking them only on the occasions that he starts to have an anxiety attack or if we go somewhere where I know he will meltdown at. The mg is only 0.5 I ... More About: Autism
Parental isolation
2007-11-26 04:23:00 I am the father of a very-soon-to-be seven year old who is considered “moderately” autistic. I am the youngest of eight and my wife the younger of two, so all in all we have eight brothers and sisters. Since my son’s diagnosis we have received little if any consideration when it comes to family gatherings ... More About: Isolation , Pare
I will shake your foundation
2007-11-24 14:43:00 Danny Bonaduce used that line in his reality show. Danny launched into the jealous husband mode threatening to “shake your foundation” (which I gather means “beat the crap out of”) to the guy who made the mistake of admiring Mrs. Bonaduce. I am utterly on the same page as Danny when it comes to my ... More About: Foundation , Dati
Sites of speech communication devices for autism
2007-11-24 14:34:00 Here’s some sites of speech communication devices used to help kids with autism: http://www.ablenetinc.com/communication.a spAble net has many different types of communication devices from very simple to complex talkers,very helpful for autistic kids.http://www.dynavoxtech.com/dynavoxv/ The Dynavox MT4 is very expensive. http://enablingdevices.com/catalog/commun icators/cheap-talks-accessories This is a really inexpensive device. Plus it is a good starting point for AC devices. www.prentrom.comPrentke Romich makes a ... More About: Communication , Autism , Devices , Sites , Speech
ST and OT for autistic children
2007-11-20 13:51:00 Q: Our son with autism has been receiving “medical” ST, paid for by Medicaid and carried out at our Children ’s Hospital and School by an SLP through their outreach program. We started around February of this year and he has been going weekly since then. They said since he is eating and using his communication ...
Eating problem of autistic children
2007-11-20 13:29:00 Q: This is a terrible problem with my son who has autism and I cannot get him to eat anything but pancakes(only buttermilk) french toast, oreo cookies(only the small ones) , fruit and grain bars and steak. He sometimes likes bbq pork chops, and chicken patties, but not very often. In worry that he was ... More About: Children , Problem , Eating
How to deal with bully
2007-11-20 13:18:00 Q: My son with autism has his first bully. His first set of glasses disappeared on the bus soon after he got them. Since this is a small town, I found out through the grape vine what happened. A kid on his bus took his glasses, took them home, and smashed them. How do you ... More About: Bully , Deal
Behavior therapy for Autism
2007-11-19 14:54:00 Strategies and procedures for the assesment and treatment of autism have been developed over the past 25 years through basic and applied research in behavior therapy. It emphasizes a detailed assessment of the individual that includes: 1. the current living situation (such as family, school placement, and other significant factors in the individual’s current life circumstances2. ... More About: Autism , Behavior , Therapy , Thera
Behavior Characteristics of Autism
2007-11-19 14:42:00 The major Behavior characteristics of autism are: 1. Lack of responsiveness to people (e.g., acts aloof, avoids eye contact, won’t cuddle or tolerate physical contact, doesn’t play with other children.2. Severe language impairment (e.g., mute, or, if speech is present, it is often characterized by echolalia, pronoun reversal, and perseveration.3. Strong resistance to change in routine ... More About: Autism , Char , Hara
A cute poem of autism
2007-11-18 14:19:00 We write from a distance, we write from far awayWe write of the tears, we write of the painWe write of time, we write of what happens all day.The words of enough’s enough is not enough.Autism - Autism - Autism - is much too much;To be cared for by one person, by one couple, by ... More About: Cute , Poem
Intensive behaviors
2007-11-18 14:09:00 Q: I was shopping with my hubby and 4 yr old autistic son and boom out of the blue my son has a meltdown, tantrum, hitting his head on the floor crying screaming everything…..he did this over a toy. It made me question myself as others gathered. Was he simply overstimulated etc or was this ... More About: Intensive
Cat story
2007-11-18 13:04:00 For some reason we don’t get invited to very many playdates. A couple of times out in the neighborhood I haven’t been able to catch my son(Alex,who has autism) before he rings the doorbell of a neighbor that we know has kids and is home. While Alex has behaved (I think) very well and kept ... More About: Story
medical necessity for adaptive equipment
2007-11-18 12:54:00 I have a couple of questions - I am trying to justify to Medicaid that these two things are “necessary” for our 6-year-old son rather than just a convenience, and was wondering if you thought we might be able to be successful or how you might word it … for what it’s worth, his therapists ... More About: Medical , Equipment , Adaptive
Fluency based instruction
More articles from this author:2007-11-16 16:09:00 As a long time private clinical behavioral specialist and consultant, I went to Michael Febrizio’s website to take a look and found, among other things, the following statement:“Payment of the intake fee (of $500) and Michael meeting with you do not guarantee that your child will be accepted as a client of Fabrizio/Moors Consulting.”Michael also ... More About: Instruction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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