By: Beth Vaughan Several major corporations, including Fortune 500 companies such as Bank of America, Comcast, Nike and Novartis, have voluntarily introduced coverage of behavioral health treatment for autism – which includes Applies Behavioral Analysis – in their employee health plans for 2015. Another, JetBlue Airways, will introduce the…

By: Belinda Montelbano In the days before we knew of ABA and what a wonderful tool that it would turn out to be, we got through our days with dum-dum suckers. I know that it is not the best thing to do, but it was…

By: Lindsey Knopf Having a child diagnosed with autism and/or other developmental delays has a profound and wearisome effect on the family. Over the years, the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders has increased dramatically and there is still little known about the causes. Multiple genetic…

By: Beth Vaughan For those of you who have done any research on the subject, you recognize that there is a difference between “Autism Awareness” and “Autism Acceptance”. Autism Awareness is a perspective expressed by Autism Speaks and the HEAL Foundation. They are often the…

By: Beth Vaughan This has been a revolutionary month for the study of autism. A research project by Google and Autism Speaks to sequence and study human genomes and seek a breakthrough for autism was officially launched on December 9, 2014. This is the world’s…

By having benchmarks in mind, parents can take the necessary steps to help their child move forward when they don’t reach learning and developmental milestones during the typical window of time. When a child is born, their parents, and society as a whole have a…