Love & Autism: A Conference with Heart.

Dynamic compared to Static Intelligence Our guest author this week, Sue Simmons, delineates the difference between dynamic and static intelligence in an everyday meaningful kind of way. Learn how you can apply some simple RDI principles to help foster more dynamic thinking in your family.   www.rdiconnect.com It takes only a glimpse of today’s world…

Eye Contact- Fostering your Child with Autism to WANT to look at you “Look at me”….I don’t know about you, but each time I hear that I am transported back to my childhood, when I’m in trouble with my Mom. I would come home and first thing I knew to do is NOT look at…

Don’t miss Kathy Darrow and scores of experts at AutismOne 2014 in Chicago. The conference runs from Wednesday, May 21-Sunday, May 25. KEYNOTE Speakers: CUTTING-EDGE NEUROIMMUNE SCIENCE: Dr. James Jeffrey Bradstreet Dr. Marco Ruggiero Dr. Yi Jin BIOMEDICAL: Dr. Rashid Buttar FEATURED SPEAKERS: Jacob Crosby, MPH Soma Mukhopadyay, MS Full conference details

…I realized my son was showing symptoms!  Switching gears for this post to talk a bit about a co occurring condition with Autism for affects many of our children. PANDAS…  stands for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections.  I knew about PANDAS from the Autism Conferences I had attended, but never  looked deeper….

Why do children with Autism Wander? by April Choulat A new study found that 49% of children with autism wander/elope from safe settings and 62% of families with children who elope were prevented from attending/enjoying activities outside the home due to fear of wandering. Half of parents of children who elope report they were never…