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Expert Opinion
10.18.2013
Newly diagnosed adult with autism seeks therapy advice
Click here to see how Megan Farley, PhD answers a question from a 47-year-old who was just diagnosed with autism and looking for support and treatment
Expert Opinion
10.4.2013
Parents ask: What should we look for in an autism evaluation?
Advice on how to get a good evaluation for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for your child and what to do next.
Expert Opinion
9.13.2013
Parents Seek Help Discussing Autism with Newly Diagnosed 9-Year-Old
Our son, age 9, was recently diagnosed with autism. He knows something's up, but we're not sure how to explain.
Expert Opinion
8.30.2013
Parents Seek Autism App to Help Child Transition with Less Anxiety
Is there an app that can help our child move through the day with less anxiety? The tension is worst when there's something "big" on the schedule like
Expert Opinion
8.23.2013
How can we help our child have a successful play date?
"How can we help our child have a successful play date? Some of his autism-related behaviors can produce problems."
Expert Opinion
8.16.2013
Teen with Autism Gets Help with Hygiene & Appropriate Behavior: Part 2
“How can we help our teenage daughter improve her hygiene and understand the difference between public versus private behavior?”
Expert Opinion
8.9.2013
Teen with Autism Needs Help with Hygiene & Appropriate Behavior
How can we help our teenage daughter improve her hygiene and understand the difference between public versus private behavior?
Expert Opinion
8.2.2013
Family in Remote Area Seeks Autism Treatment Guidance
Click here to see how Lauren Elder answers a question about helping a child with autism when there is not access to intensive early intervention
Expert Opinion
7.19.2013
How Long Should We Try This Behavioral Medication?
“We’ve started our child on medication for some very challenging autism-related behaviors. If we’re not seeing change, how long do we keep using it?”
Expert Opinion
7.12.2013
Guidance on Autism Genetic Testing for Younger Sibling of Child with ASD
Should you consider autism genetic testing for younger siblings of a child with ASD? Click here to see how Kandamurugu Manickam, M.D. answers this
Science News
7.3.2013
Study: Kids with Autism Have Fewer Kinds of Gut Bacteria
Researchers link reduced diversity of gut “microbiome” to autism, but not to severity of GI problems
Expert Opinion
6.14.2013
Can exercise improve behavior? Help encouraging a child who has autism
Can exercise improve our son's autism-related problem behaviors? What can we do to increase his activity?
Expert Opinion
6.13.2013
Helping Families Safely Manage Behavioral Medicines
The author of our newest AS-ATN/AIR-P tool kit describes how it grew from the needs and desires of families.
Expert Opinion
5.31.2013
How can we help our daughter transition to college?
How can we help our daughter, who has autism, transition to college? In high school, she's in a special classroom and receives 20 hours of additional
Science News
5.1.2013
Speech Devices Can Help Build Language in Schoolchildren with Autism
Despite intensive early therapy, around a third of children with autism speak few words when they enter school. Once experts believed that if children
Expert Opinion
4.26.2013