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Synergy Business Brokers prides itself on providing superior business brokerage services to healthcare companies, including the autism spectrum disorder industry. With more than 18 years of experience in this business, we are the perfect company to look for if you are planning to sell your autism spectrum disorder center. As an award-winning firm, we have…

Community-based primary care providers (PCPs) who receive specialty training can make accurate autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses in most cases, researchers found. Among 126 kids ages 14 to 48 months, evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the Early Autism Evaluation (EAE) Hub system — a statewide network in Indiana providing specialized training to community PCPs…

In some ways, this July 4th was a celebration for me personally as well as for our country. My breast cancer surgeon said the lab results on my lumpectomy were negative. “Clean margins and no spread to the lymph nodes.” I am deeply relieved and grateful. But happy? I’m not quite there… This best-of all-possible news…

Parents in the US can take a sigh of relief because a recent study published in Pediatrics found that community-based primary care doctors with specialized training make accurate autism diagnoses in most cases.  This primarily applies to pre-school ages children and comes mere months after the announced that 1 in 36 children are now diagnosed…

In this week’s PSA episode, we dive into the inspiring collaboration between Easterseals SoCal and Angels Stadium with Alyssa Kavner, VP of Clinical Training and Quality at Easterseals. Explore how this partnership is revolutionizing the game-day experience, creating a more sensory-friendly environment that ensures baseball, America’s favorite pastime, becomes a more inclusive and accessible event…

NOSI noise: The new Notice of Special Interest has set off a flurry of activity, researchers say. Jasmin Merdan / Getty Images In January, Kristina Johnson participated in a two-day workshop on promoting communication in minimally verbal and nonspeaking autistic people, hosted by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), a member…

Autism and haircuts often do not mesh well together. As an autistic mother raising two children, each on opposite ends of the autism spectrum, I have gained experience in understanding and addressing the diverse struggles autism can bring. My oldest son, Charlie, 10, has been diagnosed with Level 3, severe autism, while my younger son,…

America’s current Amish population is around 400,000 and rising. Increasingly more people are adopting the Amish way of growing clean food and herbs and avoiding Big Pharma poisons like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine schedule for children. The states with the highest concentration of Amish residents are Pennsylvania with around 90,000…

Do you find yourself struggling to fit into the world around you and all the unwanted stimulation it provides? Are you longing for a way to feel at peace and at ease in a way that allows you to be yourself in your own personal way? Being on the spectrum is one of those things…

A South Florida nonprofit is working to get young adults with autism workforce-ready through a new pilot program called Summer of Success. The program began Monday and is set to wrap up on July 21 with a job expo for the students. “My son is 26, and basically, he is at home — like a…