Technology nowadays is so omnipresent that it’s hard to imagine life without it. It streamlines our routines and helps us in ways we never imagined. One of the most heartwarming examples of this can be found in the Santa...
In the bustling corridors of David Lubin Elementary School in East Sacramento, an eleven-year-old boy named Alex Grievous faced the kind of challenges that many kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) confront – feeling different and misunderstood. But unlike...
With increasing numbers of children being diagnosed with autism, there is an urgent need for effective and scalable interventions. Enter the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), an innovative approach to autism intervention that is making waves in the world...
WherecanaparentofaneurodiversechildinSacramentofindhelp?Do you know what resources are at your fingertips? Perhaps the most important question you can ask yourself is how to make the journey more accessible and rewarding for your loved ones. While raising children with autism can present...
The Interactive Autism Network (IAN), www.ianproject.org, the nation’s largest online autism research project, recently revealed the preliminary results of the first major survey on wandering and elopement among individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and announces the launch of...
A majority of experts agree that the number of children diagnosed with autism appears to be on the increase. However, it is not clear whether this is due to better detection and reporting of autism, a real increase in...
The dramatic increase in the number of people identified with ASD has focused attention on the types of interventions that can lead to opportunities for a high quality of life. These teaching strategies can introduce new behaviors or reduce...
Ask any experienced parent what it feels to have the doctor inform you that your child is on the Autism spectrum, and they will tell you it’s genuinely overwhelming. The problem is not the diagnosis itself but rather the...
A decade ago, fewer than 500 students in Sacramento County schools were placed in special education due to autism. By 2011, that number had risen to 2,275 — about one of every 105 pupils, according to state data released...
