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Feel Good Story of the Week: Teen With Autism Advises Other 'Different' Kids

January 4, 2012

6 January 2012, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: CNN] Figuring out what’s cool. Struggling for acceptance. Dealing with homework. These are familiar perils of middle school. But Haley Moss did it all while dealing with a hidden challenge: autism. Now Haley, 15, is using her experience as a person…...

January 4, 2012

6 January 2012, Autism, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Absolutely wonderful article about young people doing exactly what the title says — navigating love and autism. Enjoy. [Source: New York Times] GREENFIELD, Mass. — The first night they slept entwined on his futon, Jack Robison, 19, who had since…...

January 3, 2012

6 January 2012, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated in the underlying pathology of dyslexia, the basis of this disruption and how…...

January 3, 2012

6 January 2012, Article, Autism, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Healthland/Time.com] Is Asperger syndrome really less common in girls and women, or are females just better than males at masking autistic symptoms? Rudy Simone, a San Francisco singer, writer and stand-up comic, didn’t learn that she was on the autism spectrum…...

January 3, 2012

6 January 2012, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter

[Source: ABC.net.au] Four year-old Sidney Cook of Canungra has a form of cerebral palsy that mainly affects his legs and ability to walk. But a new body suit is going to help increase his core strength to give him the support to…...

December 30, 2011

Image Credit: Busy Bee Crafts via Pinterest From all of us here at PediaStaff, we would like to wish you and yours a very Happy (and Safe) New Year! May your coming year be full of blessings and happiness. See You Next…...

December 30, 2011

30 December 2011, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Huffington Post] In the United States, we’ve seen a fifteen-fold increase in autism diagnoses over the past two decades. In fact, it’s currently estimated that almost 1% of US children have an autism-spectrum disorder (ASD), while the rates in US adults…...

Blog to Check Out: Love That Max

December 28, 2011

"Tip or Resource", 30 December 2012, Newsletter, SLP

I am always interested in blogs by parents of kids with special needs. I would like to mention my favorite here as a “resource of the week.” Love That Max, is a wonderful blog written by Ellen Seidman, (Max’s mom), and…...

December 28, 2011

30 December 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Education Week] A U.S. Senate bill filed late last week would limit physical restraint and locked seclusion of students—measures often used with students with disabilities who are considered out of control, harmful to themselves or others, or in need of being…...

December 28, 2011

[Source: Autism Speaks] Every year, Autism Speaks documents progress toward its mission to discover the causes and best treatments for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and identifies the most important autism research achievements of the year. Our “Top Ten” list for 2011 includes…...