Does Autism Affect Sleep? A good night’s rest isn’t guaranteed for anyone, but it is downright elusive for many people with autism. Individuals on the spectrum often have trouble falling and staying asleep. And that may worsen certain features of their condition, such...
The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that 1 in every 44 children has been diagnosed with autism. The CDC has also identified that autism affects at least 1 percent of the...
As a parent, it is common to see you picturing your child growing up, going to soccer games on a Saturday, helping them with math homework, or just enjoying a home-cooked meal on Sunday afternoon. Yes, in theory, parenting sounds easy, but in reality, it isn’t....
Despite the fact that Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects both male and female children, an autism diagnosis is significantly more likely to be made for a boy. Why is this? Are boys truly more likely to be affected by ASD, or simply more likely to be diagnosed? Are...
Life is a bit different for people with Autism. It doesn’t need to be bad, though. You want to equip your child with every necessary tool and coping mechanism to ensure their life is as happy, healthy, and fulfilling as anyone else’s. This is why early...
Across the globe, millions of children fall onto the Autism spectrum. The reason it is referred to as a spectrum is that the condition affects them in a variety of different ways. To better diagnose and help these children, the spectrum has been broken down into five...
Children on the Autism spectrum may need special care and support, above and beyond what parents, grandparents, and loving family members can provide. In a case such as this, we encourage you to look into the benefits of ABA Therapy. ABA Therapy can significantly...
A routine is a useful tool for everyone. It helps us keep things organized; it directs us on what to do, when, and where to do it. Developing and sticking to routines are tasks that require day-to-day accomplishment that can be difficult for some people, particularly...
What Autism Acceptance Really Means Autism is not something to be fixed — it is a different way of experiencing the world. The movement toward autism acceptance encourages society to embrace neurodiversity, empower autistic individuals, and provide the resources and...
Having a child with Autism impacts on various aspects of family lives including housekeeping, finances, emotional and mental health of parents, marital relationships, physical health of family members, limiting the response to the needs of other children within the...
“A child with autism sees things differently than we do. Perceives things in a different light. Can perceive things in ways we could never imagine” – Unknown When it comes to autism there are a lot of misconceptions or wrong definitions of the term. We have met...
HOW CAN ABA HELP? Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) can help your child with autism through his/her innate ability to learn, with the help of a good quality instructional program. The amount a child can learn when given the best possible program is something no one can...
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Therapy is the science in which procedures derived from the principles of behavior are systematically applied to a meaningful degree and to demonstrate experimentally that the procedures employed were responsible for the improvement...
