While most people have heard the term "mentally disabled,"and perhaps know someone to whom it applies, many would be surprised to learn that the term does not mean what they think it does. The problem lies in the use of the word "disabled" when "Differently-abled" would be a more accurate description. The mentally "diff-abled" can in many cases learn most or all of the same skills other people can learn. It is just a matter of changing the teaching methods to fit the pa... Read more...

To those just learning about the various autism treatments available for their child or loved one there can be a lot of technical jargon that makes choosing the types of autism therapy seem more complicated than it needs to be. Today, I hope I can clear up one of the more common and pervasive confusions in within the autism treatment community: the difference between ABA and IBI.  It is bad enough that these two acronyms sound so similar.  The real problem is that the definitions of them us... Read more...

If you have heard only one news story about autism recently, you probably heard, by now, that the science that was used to support the conjecture that certain chemicals in Vaccines can cause Autism Spectrum Disorder was falsified. Yes, that means fake! Fake science has been used for the last decade or so to attempt to give credit to the anti-vaccine theorists. What ... Read more...

According to Laura Broten, Youth and Children Services Minister, the province of Ontario will be spending an additional $25, 000,000 to provide individuals on the autism spectrum with Applied Behavioral Analysis, or ABA, as well as Support services at school, in the home, and at various community locations. It is believed the program will help as many as 8,000 students with both language and social skills. ... Read more...

Ladies, how often Have  you said that you wish could had time to go out “with the girls” like you used to?  If you have a child with special needs you may say it more often than the average person. Then there is that undeserved, yet  pesky, guilt you feel when you are out having fun by yourself.  Well, on February 5th you will have no more excuses .  It’s a guilt free ladies night. That’s right, and here’s why:The event is actually a fund raiser for Alex Bures.  ... Read more...

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    What, you do not know about the branch of Autism Speaks known as the Autism Treatment Network? Well, it just got bigger! If you do not already know about Autism Speaks, it is the largest organization in North America devoted to autism advocacy, as well as scientific research investigating better autism therapy and autism services . Toward this end, ... Read more...

While families and care providers of autistic individuals make tremendous efforts to find autistic therapy that matches their child’s particular needs, many of them worry what will happen when their child becomes an adult. Will they be able to live independently? Will they have a job? Can they acquire and manage an apartment? That is where RRAP comes in. No. Not the popular urban music genre. ... Read more...

I don't believe this!  The new study linking spacing of birth of babies to 2nd child having higher chance of autism is misleading. This study demonstrated that children born within less than 2 years apart were more than likely to have autism. This correlation between the length of time between 2 sibling and autism could be due to a simple fact ... Read more...

The way our society is setup, sociability is one of most important key factors for success in life.  Everybody is rushing towards 'networking' now days to open links and doors for opportunity in employment and relationships.  Employment and personal relationship is important part us to survive and have quality of life.  The rush towards networking is evident through popularity of 'Facebook', Linkedin, Twitter and many more.  Sociability is such big part in our society and unfortunately, i... Read more...

It is true and very sad that one man's mistake can cause so many to change their view.  Wakefield, published a study in 1998 in British Medical Journal directly linking childhood vaccination to Autism.  Even though,  Wakefield's study was founded to be a fraud and has since been disregarded from the Medial community it still impacts many people's views.  Many parents are still fearful about vaccination causing Autism in their children that they selecting to go against vaccinating th... Read more...

A recent study posted in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found a link between Autism and visual skills difficulty.  The children with Autism are found to have difficulties in the area of scanning larger environment.  These difficulties lead to problems in performing many functions such as daily routines (eg. grocery shopping) or making f... Read more...

A study by Dr. Mukherjee promises an inexpensive treatment for Autism.  The treatment includes oxygen to be delivered in a closed chamber at very high pressure.  My skepticism keeps me away from believing that such treatment could help treat Autism. Oxygen at high pressure have been shown to help individuals with cerebral palsy but only for muscle contraction.  So, I wonder how could this help in Autism treatment.  But keeping my mind open to all these new ideas and studies for a good tre... Read more...

Every body knows that the costs for Autism treatment can be very expensive for families.  Sometimes it means that the right type of therapy for Autism does not reach individuals on time due to financial restrains.  There are few funding options which I came across will be helpful in covering few of these costs.  Follow the links below to access some of these options: 1). President's choice Childre... Read more...

I was skimming through the news this morning when I came across this featured article entitled "Ontario to expand services for autism disorders": "The province will spend $25 million a year to provide Applied Behaviour Analysis services and supports in community agencies and centres, schools and homes. That will help about 8,000 childr... Read more...

We all have faced some form of discrimination sometime in our life, maybe on basis of our skin colour, height, weight, looks etc.  But discrimination faced by individuals with developmental delays is also an ugly truth.  However, we should be proud of our Ontario government to provide Applied Behaivour Analysis to students with autism in the schools.  Applied Behaviour Analysis is an evidence based practice for A... Read more...

Hope Autism is participating in many community service program during month of May and June. Stay tuned for more information Workshops Seminars TV inerviews These events will include information about Autism therapy and Autism providers.... Read more...