Special Education Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

• By: Emily Furar, BS, BA Idil Memis, MD Daniel W. Hennelly Rahul Mittal, PhD Michael Alessandri, PhD Adrien A. Eshraghi, MD, MSc, FACS University of Miami
• April 1st, 2022
• ABA, COVID-19, education, insurance, regression, remote learning, school, Spring 2022 Issue, students
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges and obstacles for many individuals and families, including those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related developmental disabilities (Eshraghi et al., 2020; Eshraghi et al., 2022). Children with ASD often depend on a combination of...

The Siblings of Autism

• By: Carrie Cariello Mother and Advocate
• October 1st, 2020
• acceptance, diagnosis, fall 2020 issue, family planning, love, parenting, regression, siblings
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About a million years ago, a kind doctor told me the best thing we could do for Jack was to give him siblings. A lot of people ask me how we decided to have more kids once we knew something was up with him. I wish I had a more sophisticated answer to give, but the truth is, we just didn’t know...