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Top 10 mistakes, lessons learned from therapy programs for children with autism spectrum disorders

May 13, 2010

Parents of children with autism, along with the children and adults who have autism themselves, are the real heroes when it comes to improving the lives of people on the autism spectrum. Home therapists, teachers and other professionals also contribute greatly to the quality of life of people with autism.

It is a monumental undertaking to raise children with autism and to make decisions regarding their care and education. Recognizing that fact, below are ten common mistakes made, or lessons learned, in the management of home therapeutic programs for children with autism.

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Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson on vaccines, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, treatments for son with autism

May 6, 2010

Second in a three-part series.

Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson is a mother of a child with autism. Like many parents of children with autism, once VanDerHorst-Larson found out her child was diagnosed, she took matters into her own hands and became directly involved in the therapies and treatments for her son.

In 2002, at the age of 19 months, VanDerHorst-Larson’s son Cade was diagnosed with autism. Cade also has Celiac disease and a seizure disorder that occurred following his 15-month vaccinations. VanDerHorst-Larson believes that those vaccinations led to Cade’s autism. He was a healthy baby boy who had reached all of his developmental milestones, but there were dramatic changes in Cade directly after he had his shots for MMR, the flu, and chicken pox, VanDerHorst-Larson says.

Click here to see the whole interview I did with VanDerHorst-Larson at examiner.com.

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Dr. Stanley Greenspan dies at 68, founded Floortime and developmental approaches to autism therapy

May 2, 2010

At last November’s annual Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders conference in Bethesda, Maryland, Dr. Stanley Greenspan was walking and talking a little bit slower than he had in previous years. The reverence and respect that the audience had for Greenspan was palpable, and at the end of his speech, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. The people in the audience knew they were witnessing something special.

Greenspan, the founder of Floortime and the Developmental, Individual Differences, Relationship-based model (DIR) for autism, died yesterday at the age of 68.

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Autism advocate Lyn Redwood discusses mercury vaccine controversy, chelation, treatment and recovery

May 2, 2010

First in a three-part series.

Autism is a treatable biochemical medical condition rather than an incurable psychological disorder, says Lyn Redwood, whose son recovered from autism after having mercury removed from his body. Redwood’s son Will is one of a growing number of children who have recovered from autism or made excellent progress from behavioral therapies and/or biomedical treatments.

I interviewed Redwood during the Autism Research Institute, Defeat Autism Now! semi-annual conference in Baltimore April 10, which she was coordinating. ARI conducts and fosters biomedical scientific research designed to improve the methods of diagnosing, treating, and preventing autism.

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