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Asperger Syndrome is a growing issue with children, as more and more are being diagnosed, and at earlier ages. Its acceptance has now become apparent in the media and how Aspergers and Asperger-like people are…

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. (NLC), a private, for-profit entity that operates a nationwide network…

Okay, I admit it.  My normally sunny, positive disposition occasionally suffers (spirals?) into an abyss of self-doubt, despair and worry.  When I get that way,  I have a gift I can rely on time and time again… I’ve learned…

Janice Murray had refused to accept how the psychiatrists and physicians portrayed her son’s autism diagnosis over 40 years ago.  They painted a future picture of her son Chris’ life as devastatingly grim with recommendations…

In my previous two posts, Real Communication Shutdown and Autistics Speaking Day, I proposed that on November 1st, instead of shutting down our online communication, that online Autistics be loud. The idea is that since NTs are taking…

As always, when girding myself to face a novel experience, (in this case, my first autism conference), I turned to the most reliable source of comfort and understanding, the internet.   There I stumbled across…

For years we have been told to not lock our pets in our cars even in cool weather. Public service announcements have flooded the media warning of the dangers that quickly arise causing heatstroke and…

On April 24, 2010, The Carson family was unaware of just how upside down their world was going to become.  Baker, 13 autistic son, had been home from school for a few days. I was…

Shana Nichols, PhD, psychologist and former Clinical Director of the Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism, is pleased to announce the June 2010 opening of her new clinic, ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development, in Melville, NY (110…