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by Rachel Evans - 2008-11-25
Autism parents don't have it easy. You are faced with many more challenges than parents of children without autism do. However, in all of the efforts you are making to take good care of your child,...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-11-25
Teens with autism can sometimes be faced with behaviors - such as autism anger - which are beyond their control. Anger can occur in many forms but often takes the shape of violence or tantrums. When...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-10-27
Autism and school are becoming a hot topic for school boards and parent groups right across the country and around the world. This is because the occurrence of autism in children is increasing at an...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-10-17
After yet another display of lining up toys or endlessly performing the same behavior over and over it's not unusual for parents to wonder if their child may have not one but two disorders - autism a...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-09-23
An autism food allergy is a very serious problem. In fact, autism induced by allergies has recently been identified and occurs when a child's diet influences his or her autism symptoms. The childre...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-09-16
Though autistic disorder is often thought of as a single condition, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in fact refers to five different kinds of autism. When most people think about autism, they're only ...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-09-16
As parents work to find effective treatments for autism, many of the usual symptoms their children display will continue. In the majority of cases, this often includes some form of 'stimming'. Stim...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-08-29
Studies and anecdotal evidence alike are clearly showing that therapy based on music can have a significant impact on reducing the symptoms of autism in children including undesirable autistic behavi...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-08-06
For those of us who have had pets in our lives, it's no great surprise to learn that interactions with animals can have therapeutic and healing benefits. Many animals soothe, comfort, and calm, just ...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-07-31
When it comes to diagnosing autism, there are many different factors that need to be considered. This is because the autism spectrum disorders have such a vast range of potential symptoms and no two...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-07-24
Recently, there has been a movement among some parents of autistic children toward a therapy that involves the use of Vitamin B6 and Magnesium. However, before jumping on the bandwagon, it is a good ...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-07-01
Parents of autistic children often struggle to get them to sleep, and therefore struggle with their own sleep as well. However, we all know the importance of ensuring children get the sleep that they...
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by Rachel Evans - 2008-06-21
Children with autism commonly face problems with verbal communication. This is usually due to the frequent speech and language problems associated with the disorder. Though the actual reason that t...
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by Rachel Evans - 2007-06-20
The word phospholipid might not be something you are familiar with, but if you have a child with autism, it could be a useful term to understand. Studies suggest that children with autism are lacking ...
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by Rachel Evans - 2007-05-22
Autism does not have a long history, and this is due to the fact that the history of autism really didn't begin until the first decade of the 20th century. Although, autism as a condition was around p...
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by Rachel Evans - 2007-05-22
No parent wants their child to be autistic, but for those parents who are faced with a child who has autism, relief can be found by applying the some autism strategies. Strategies for autism provide p...
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by Rachel Evans - 2007-05-22
Every year, the number of autism sufferers rises around the globe, and as a reaction to this growth, the medical industry and the alternative medicine industry have both reacted by taking on this ment...
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by Rachel Evans - 2007-05-06
Though no parent wants to hear that their child has any of the five types of autism, it can be somewhat of a relief to put a name to what is going on. The best thing about a diagnosis is that the chil...
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by Rachel Evans - 2007-05-03
The numbers of those who are diagnosed with autism is on the rise, and researchers are struggling to come up with the reasons why this is happening. To date, a cure for autism has not been found, and ...
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by Rachel Evans - 2007-04-19
There have been many conditions thought history that have been mistaken for something else, and before the human mind was understood, many with mental disabilities were placed in jail. They were deeme...
