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It’s dinnertime, and you don’t have time to get the only thing your son will eat: chicken nuggets from a particular fast-food restaurant. You feel tense as you await the tantrum to come. What if he won’t eat at all tonight? Picky eating is fairly ...
LAFAYETTE PARISH — As healthcare remains a hot topic nationwide, providers in Acadiana are voicing concerns about “increasing denials” of benefits for children with autism. Executives at Aspire Behavioral Health Center and the Therapy Center of ...
Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who have detached their own retinas or smashed their heads ...
Autism likely has deep genetic roots, but the latest research provides hope that some learning techniques can lessen symptoms of the developmental disorder. In children with the mildest cases of autism, these techniques resulted in changes in their brains ...
Kathryn Parsons, a 51-year-old digital marketing professional in Stamford, Connecticut struggled to hold down a job because employers didn’t understand her autistic behaviors. She struggled to adapt, which is a common problem for autistic people, so like ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A new center for autistic children has opened on Tucson’s south side. Centria’s Life Skills Autism Academy (LSAA) opened on February fifth to serve children ages two to six. The center focuses on readying autistic children for ...
The swimming pool was behind a tall fence. It was an alluring destination for a particular person in the Warwick neighborhood. An autistic 13-year-old boy had repeatedly visited the pool without permission, sometimes even scaling the fence for the sake of ...
In Massachusetts, there have been several instances where neurodivergent children have drowned. In 2023, 7-year-old Anna Mburu of Lowell was found dead after her body was pulled from the Merrimack River. Police said that Anna was on the autism spectrum and ...
Research suggests that autistic people have a higher risk for self-harm. Negative and unsupportive environments and challenges with emotional expression and communication may contribute to this disparity. Self-harm, which is sometimes called non-suicidal ...
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