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Is the Weed Killer Glyphosate Harming Your Health?
After working on the causes of autism for almost 25 years, one of the most fascinating and puzzling aspects has been the marked increase in autism that has been noted over the last 30 years. To qualify...
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Helping Children With Special Needs In the Supermarket
Product: Let’s Go Shopping! App Cost: $3.99 The Let’s Go Shopping! App was developed by parents for parents. It is designed to encourage children on the spectrum to explore and integrate themselves...
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First Responder Training to Include Autism Awareness
Disability awareness training needed Since 2014, there has been an increased national awareness regarding how police interact with the public during arrests and emergency situations. The autism...
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Are Girls with Autism Not Being Diagnosed?
Autism diagnostic tests When a child is sent for diagnostic testing to determine an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the tests, traditionally, are the same for both males and females. Depending on the...
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Benefits of Medical Marijuana and Autism to Be Studied
Children’s Hospital will study medical marijuana’s effect on children with autism An upcoming study at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will be the first of its kind in the United States to examine...
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Weighted Blankets for Autism: Reducing Anxiety and Providing a Good Night’s...
Sensory processing disorders and autism Many children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) struggle with sensory issues including sensory processing disorder (SPD). Chantal Sicile-Kira, “The Autism...
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Innovative Product Helps Kids with Special Needs Learn to Skate
Product: Tornado’s Edge is an on-ice skate trainer that helps children of all abilities to enhance skills on skates. The current product is intended for a training environment where one to four...
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Innovative Voting Passport Can Help Disabled People Vote
National social care provider Dimensions has created an innovative new document which will help polling stations become more accessible for people in the UK with learning disabilities and autism...
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How Does Autism Affect Sleep In Some Children?
Sleep disruptions in children with autism studied This week, a new study has been published in the Journal of Developmental Disorders that examines why children with neurodevelopmental disorders...
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This Exciting New App Helps Special Needs Kids Speak Through Play
Product: Speech Blubs is a video- and voice-based app constructed with the purpose to boost children’s imitation and speaking abilities through play. “I’ve had it [Speech Blubs app] for less than a...
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Doctor Makes Great Strides with Unique Treatment for Autism
Significant overall improvements often occur in those with autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by medically treating their coexisting inner-ear/cerebellar-determined (dyslexia or learning...
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Special Needs Kids Won’t Miss Out with the National Inclusion Project
The National Inclusion Project has created a model that builds inclusive friendships for all children, called the Science of Friendship Method. The Science of Friendship Method is a step-by-step...
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New Study Highlights the Importance of Fathers in the Care of Children with...
Education, social care, and health services need to become more aware of the important role that fathers play in the lives of children with autism, alongside mothers, according to research by Leeds...
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Family and Community Inspires Special Needs Woman to Reach for the Stars
Nothing will keep Kyleigh LaRavann Dirton from achieving her dreams. Born with meningitis, Kyleigh was diagnosed with autism, developmental delays, cerebral palsy, and seizure disorders as a young...
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In the Patterns of Shakespeare, a Method to Break Down Autism Barriers
The past 30 years have brought greater support and understanding for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with new interventions helping bridge some of the most challenging social challenges. We...
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Top Tricycle a Sweet Ride for People with Special Needs
Product: Nuvotrike 20 inch tricycle. Great for individuals with the desire to ride a bicycle but unable to balance on a traditional bicycle. Currently used by individuals of many ability levels. Cost:...
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The Best Way to Serve People with Special Needs: Live with Them
Inclusion, or placing different ability levels together in the classrooms, has been a proven practice in education for years. Research has shown that this mixture has been good for everyone, including...
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Author Spreads Autism Understanding All Around the World
My Writing Journeys I’m often asked, “Why autism?,” followed by “What’s Wayang?” when I tell people about my children’s book, Open—A Boy’s Wayang Adventure. The answers don’t come in one-liners. My...
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Amazing Bakery Run Totally by People on the Autism Spectrum
As a society, we have come a very long way to embrace children with autism in the educational system. Still, we have not made good educated progress to integrate adults across the autism spectrum to...
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Teaching Kids With Autism How To Be Strong and Ways To Shine
In the crowded and cobblestoned streets of Dumbo, NY there is a light shining out of Gleason’s Gym. This light is not from the boxing timer or the punch from a fighter but rather from the confidence...
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