Archive for September, 2009
Autism Screening Questionnaire
Most of the parents/children that come to my office have already been diagnosed as being somewhere on the autism spectrum. Many times they come in with multiple issues as is common among the autism spectrum. That is, we will see a child ADHD and OCD features. Perhaps, Tourette’s syndrome with OCD features or PDD with [...]
“Sought Autism Treatment”
Here’s a video clip from a story WFLA the local NBC affiliate did on us.
The success story of a mom in a desperate search to find treatment for her autistic child.
Video Clip for WFLA Channel 8 Story \”Sought Treatment\”
Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Functional Disconnect Syndrome
A major part of Hemispheric Integration Therapy and the functional neurology approach to the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders deals with the term “Functional Disconnect Syndrome.” A Functional Disconnect Syndrome is a situation where connections between neuronal pools do not work at a level synchronized enough for normal behavioral and executive function of the human brain to [...]
Autism Spectrum Disorders: A List of State Resources
This is obviously fairly self-explanatory. Since I am in Florida I put the Florida link first, however, the webpage with all of the state resources is also listed.
http://www.autism-pdd.net/resources-by-state.html
http://www.autism-pdd.net/links/florida.html
Autism Action Plan
At our last support group meeting we had 2 moms fairly new to the world of Autism. Fortunately for these moms, they live here in Tampa where we have an active support group with very experienced parents. Our group is a resource to those in the community suffering autism spectrum disorders. They able to get specific [...]
He Tries to Bite Me
I have a ten year old autistic boy as a patient who occasionally tries to bite me. He used to try it much more when we first started treatment but lately not as much, in fact rarely. I always say that what the practitioner of Hemispheric Integration Therapy does often does not look like much [...]
Autism and Sugar in the Diet
Children on the autism spectrum have a tendency to be much more sensitive with regard to interaction with their environment. A major part of this interaction is there diet and overall food intake. Here is a link to a blog post in which the author describes a multitude of detrimental effects to having sugar in [...]
What’s in Those Vaccines?
There is so much talk about vaccines in the autism community. Let’s go back to basics and take a look at what exactly is in the vaccines. Here is a link to some info from the CDC, a reliable source. I am not saying that vaccines cause autism. As most of you know my concept is that [...]
What About Older Kids With Autism
In my office, we have several children that are in or approaching adolescence as well as some older adult children. Presently, our oldest adult child is thirty four. Once again I state that this subject of autism spectrum disorders is so broad and immense and touches us in so many different ways. It always seems the [...]
Autism Resource in Tampa
I almost forgot to mention our last support group meeting in Tampa, www.hitautism.net. What a great meeting. We had a new member to the group who introduced herself and then said “ I don’t know what to do.” She was referring to not knowing how to go about finding resources for assistance in treatment, schooling, socializing, etc. [...]
