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Helping a child with Autism learn social skills- Son-Rise Program Techniques - The 3 E's. http://www.autismtreatment.org Part of making yourself interesting for you child to want to interact with you is to use your voice in varied and interesting ways. This video demonstrates different... By: autismtreatment … Continue reading →

Steve Marcus Nicole Ann Cavenagh, clinical director of the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, poses at Touro University in Henderson Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Cavenagh will be honored as one of UNLVs alumni of the year for her efforts in helping families adjust when their child is diagnosed withautism. By Jackie Valley (contact) Friday, March 6, 2015 | 2 a.m. The states Aging and Disability Services Division will make its pitch for increased autism funding to the Nevada Legislature during a budget hearing Friday morning. The request dovetails with Gov. Brian Sandovals pledge to dramatically boost autism funding, from roughly $1.8 million to $73 million. During his State of the State address in January, Sandoval noted that nearly 6,000 children in Nevada have autism spectrum disorder a group of developmental disabilities characterized by varying degrees of difficulty in social interaction, communication and repetitive behaviors. We must meet the needs of these children with early diagnosis and treatment and life-changing consequences, he said. The Aging and Disability Services Divisions share of that increase would be $28.9 million in the next biennium. Most of the remaining $44.5 million would come from Nevada Medicaid. Autism advocates say the funding is crucial in … Continue reading →

I used to believe that vaccines played a role in my brother's autismuntil becoming a mother changed my mind. I was 12 when my cousins came to visit in August 1992: old enough to realize something was wrong with my 3-year-old brother. The other six kids in our apartment that weekme, my sister, and my four cousinsdidnt flap our hands in front of our faces for hours or say Eeeee instead of words. Until then Id convinced myself that my brother was just slow, like my parents said, and that, like my dad, hed be a late talker. But my cousins looked at my brother as if he had six heads, and by the middle of their visit, I did too. He wouldnt be diagnosed with autism for another two years because there werent many doctors in our area who knew what it was. And even after he was diagnosed, we spent weekends driving the hour and a half between Milwaukee and our hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, in search of doctors who knew how to treat it. My parents search for treatment, and possibly a cure, for my brother sent us not just from city to city but through theory … Continue reading →