News Archives for May, 2007

Seven year old Reece Trahan received Pudge, a service dog trained to work with autistic children, after a 2 1/2 year wait.

The Mico College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre based in Jamaica provides services to children with learning and developmental disabilities, including children with autism

Nikki Gutman, a 10 year old with autism, is an accomplished gymnast. She excels on uneven bars, vault, balance beam, and floor exercises.

A pilot project has been initiated in Malaysia training doctors and nurses to recognize autism in children so that early intervention may begin. 

Occupational therapists have been involved in Wisconsin schools since 1975; however, increased awareness of autism has "amplified both consciousness and need for occupational therapy in school

A speech therapist in Gulf Breeze, FL has turned to Super Brain Yoga to provide benefits to children with behavioral problems. 

Speech and occupational therapists at Southeast Alabama Medical Center are focused on getting a child with autism to communicate.

Urbana Middle School (IL) began using the Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children (TEACCH) in 2006 just in time for Brian Welch. 

The Sensory Training Institutes in Darien, CT, uses an intervention regime for children with autism called sensory learning.

The Dolphin Diner is where children with autism in Arlington, TX get to show off their speech skills.