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Hearing Dog Program Requirements About Our Dogs We select dogs from area shelters based on temperament and age, not size, sex, or appearance. All of our Dogs receive extensive program work and obedience training. Hearing Dogs are trained to alert to sounds by making physical contact then leading you to the sound. Additionally, many of…

When I was 10, sitting around a picnic table with a bunch of girls from camp, I made a mistake. They were laughing, all making fun of Linda, one of our counselors. Though I didn’t get the jokes, I mimicked their laughter. When Linda walked up to us, I immediately told her what everyone had…

I remember sitting in the disturbingly bright waiting room of a speech therapy center, listening to the other waiting parents. As one family came in, another would leave. Over and over again, new conversations formed, old ones ended. I picked up a magazine because I could no longer stomach the sight of the bright yellow…

In a YouTube video Isaac Butterfield challenges why there are so many adult autism diagnoses these days. “Is it just me or is everybody autistic now?” he asks. The YouTube personality then says, “That’s weird, because I don’t think everyone is. I think everyone’s just chasing a diagnosis. Maybe you’re just a little weird. And…

Ariadne eloquently describes the difference between her severe childhood trauma and the way her innate autism affects how she processes and sees the world. For a lot of years, I thought my autism diagnosis was wrong. I was convinced it was just trauma. I have a right to claim my trauma, and it was a…

by Mary Margaret Olohan A Colorado health clinic that works with children who have autism promoted a Drag Story Hour event featuring adult drag queens performing for children, according to documents obtained by a parental rights’ group. Seven Dimensions Behavioral Health uses Applied Behavior Analysis, a therapy used primarily with those who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), to work…

People with inherited PTEN mutations who have autism or developmental delay have more copies of mitochondrial DNA than do people with PTEN mutations who have cancer, a new study has found. The findings provide clues to why mutations in the same gene can have different outcomes, says lead investigator Charis Eng, chair of the Genomic…

If you suspect autism but then read these autistic traits, you might end up swearing you’re not autistic even though you really are. Sometimes, autism traits that are listed in content about Autism Spectrum Disorder can trick an actually autistic (though undiagnosed) person into thinking, “No way am I autistic.” There were 10 “warning signs”…

Courtesy. Information about what sights, sounds and experiences to expect. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below Quiet places to retreat if those experiences get overwhelming. In High Point, tourism leaders are betting if they can offer these basics for people with autism and their families, they can attract more visitors and dollars to the city while…