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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…

Surviving domestic abuse and stalking means strategic planning and playing it smart.  When faced with daily survival tasks and overwhelming fears, a victim is too often left with no time to properly construct a safety…

She felt different from other people for as long as she could remember. After years of wrong diagnosis, and failed treatments which never felt right,  Lori began to feel like her world was beginning to…

Not only do I have personal connections to others who have suffered this kind of tragedy, but I have become increasingly aware of these issues since the Autism Women’s Network Forum went online in January. The number…

(Osage, AR) — The search for 3-year old Aiden Bell ended in tragedy when his lifeless body was found shortly after 1pm on Tuesday afternoon less than a mile from his grandparents home where he…

Autism Women’s Network [AWN] has been working hard behind the scenes to put together a program that will enable women on the autism spectrum to support each other through a peer mentor program conducted online. E-Mentoring has…

Article originally posted at: Raising Asperger’s Kids There is a wonderful blogger I follow, Mae, who writes, Autism Is Not the Boss. She has written an interesting post ASD terminology: ‘autistic’ vs ‘individual with autism’  As usual, since…

Lately, the online communities have been talking about the recently released proposed revisions for the the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 5 (DSM-V). The proposed revisions embody quite a few differences in…

The population of children with developmental delaysis growing at an epidemic rate. Parents and teachers are facing many unknowns: Is this child affected by a developmental delay? If so, what is this delay? How do…