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Tailored Professional Development for Licensed Care Staff to Support Community Living for Adults with Autism
…to community care facility administrators, DSPs, and parents and caregivers of adults with autism and intellectual disabilities. A total of 88 individuals completed the online survey, including 13 DSPs, 73…
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Its Comorbidities as a Co-Occurring Health Issue in Autistic People
…EDS except for Hypermobile EDS (hEDS) (Forghani, 2019). While initial testing for MCAD looks for high serum tryptase counts, this is only a valid test if the person has Mastocytosis…
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Augmentative Communication: Finding the Real Person “Trapped Inside”
…easily understand what he has to say now. As a Speech-Language Pathologist, I work with children, adolescents and adults with a variety of communication deficits and who typically struggle to…
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Five Tips for Traveling by Airplane with Kids with Autism
…they happened, for example: “The wheels are coming down, we are landing.” This story was very comforting to him and helped to lower his anxiety throughout the trip. 2. Take…
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Cultivating Independence Through Technology
…Vista members actively utilize a CookStop to safely prepare their favorite dishes. Whether it be to maintain kitchen safety or to make meal prep more fun, technology in the kitchen…
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A New Way of Thinking About Autism
…molecular biology, there have very few triumphs in the realm of the psychiatric disorders. One emerging understanding is that the symptoms that we are using (which are complex behaviors) are…
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Understanding Treatment Effect Scores in Behavioral Therapy Research
…research was twofold: first to determine if the data may be suitable for a more complex regression-based treatment effect calculation; and second to compare three calculation methods that can be…
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NIH Awards Nearly $100 Million for Autism Centers of Excellence Program
…use language and gestures for interactions with others. They will also test a medication to see if it can improve social functioning. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Examining Development of…
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Integrated Healthcare and Autism Spectrum Disorders
…Bilello, DDS, is Director of Dentistry at Metro Community Health Centers, Inc. For more information, please visit http://www.mchcnyc.org. Metro Community Health Centers, Inc. (MCHC), recognized by the National Committee of…
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Autism Speaks Awards iPads to 800 Individuals with Autism – Pilot Study Showed Their Effectiveness on the Communication Skills of Individuals with ASD
…at school and in the community as a result.” Testimonials In 2012, Autism Speaks donated 830 iPads bringing the total to date to 1,630. Testimonials from last year’s recipients and…
