Questions & Answers

My son was recently diagnosed with high functioning ASD. We live in Glenview, IL. He is almost 3 years old. We are in the process of picking providers and would love recommendations.

My son has never been interested in drawing, coloring, writing or anything of that sort. We buy him coloring books and crayons, and he would rather flip through the pages. We bought him an easel and he will use the chalk or dry erase markers but the majority of the time he wants us to do hand over hand with him. He can spell now with wooden letters, but still no drawing or coloring or scribbling. I know he's only four, but has anyone found any useful techniques to encourage fun ways (or any… read more

Our aba therapist quit and we have a 20 kid wait list at the only agency in town so I am getting desperate
Has anyone used the aba services as a parent who has to do their own aba in rethink?

My son's pediatrician wants to start him on the lowest dose of risperdal. I would like to know how it has worked for others.

Has anyone tried homeopathy? We are considering it, but don't want to waste our time if it won't work. thanks in advance

My son is 18years old no verbal he started to be agressive ,I don t know how to deal with that

I was looking on amazon and I came across Behavior Balance supplement from autismcoach.com. I went on their website and they have protocol kits and the one for autism has liquid carnosine plus. I was interested in behavior balance because it has DMG, TMG, magnesium, B6, B12, and folic acid all in one. Has anyone tried it? Does it work? it's super expensive and I don't want to buy it without having some reassurance of it's validity. I also don't want to overdose my 2 year old with too many… read more

My son is on the spectrum & is lashing out the second he walks into his classroom. (Still learning about meltdowns, never sure if one is or not!) Let me start by saying that there have been a few changes since we are in the summer program. Different teacher, assistants, classroom, school & routine going into the building (me bringing him to class vs. him lining up with other kids to go in together with teacher). His school is under construction & on a positive note, they did bring all of the… read more

My daughter turns 5 in October and started special education and a once a week speech class last August . She was evaluated by Nevada child find but we were not given an official diagnosis , they just described her as " atypical" . She has made great improvement in her speech but I feel we aren't doing enough for her and want to get an official diagnosis for her . She has recently started stimming at school and her teacher is concerned about that , who do I go to , to have her reevaluated or her… read more