My daughter (7 years old) already has an ASD diagnosis through our Regional Center. She received it years ago after already having received nearly two years of related services. She is what many would term "high-functioning" as she's mainstreamed at school with only pull out services for speech. This next school year she will also be pulled out for social behavior type classes.

I know anxiety can go hand-in-hand with ASD. More and more of her behaviors appear to me to be in response to… read more

My son, age 15, is obsessed with the military and has been for quite some time. He is very high functioning but still has some issues, particularly because he is also ADHD. When he takes his medication, he does very well, but there is still that inability to read subtle social cues, fixation on a topic, etc. Does anyone know if it is possible to enter the military with an ASD diagnosis?

We found music therapy after number of sessions helped - they have in Mencap/charity he goes to but not all the time

We have in home treatments for the majority of our therapies. On the whole it is ideal to have at home but we do work in clinic and take therapies out in the community, classes, etc.

All that said, our BCBA will turn up to our home unannounced a few times a month. She doesn’t let us know when she’s coming and from the looks on the BTs faces when there is a knock on the door, they are surprised she is there. We have had other BCBAs in the past—one who turned up once a month, always planned… read more

We had a therapist for 15 months (!) who is now going back to grad school. As we start with someone new, and as I talk to a family who was really unsatisfied with their therapist, I’d like to ask my MAT family- what, in your experience, do you feel has made a good therapist that ushered through progress with your child? I think my son likes our new therapist but I am hearing from others observing her that she is green. What qualities have you noticed in a good therapist, and is it ok for them to… read more

I'm am looking to relocate to the Nashville "area." I'm probably going to end up in Dickson Co, but don't mind to drive into Nashville or Franklin for services. I'm looking for suggestions for medical care across the board. I'll need to set my son up with a new pediatrician, OT, SLP, and hopefully ABA. Any suggestions on where to get these services would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

My daughter is 3 now. She started repeating anything you say to her before she turned one and stopped entirely after her 18month shots. Now she's non verbal and diagnosef with asd.Do you think she might be able to speak again. Has anyone experienced this before

You ever have someone try to correct your nonverbal child "bc he looks normal?"
for doing something they " should know better"
such as opening and closing a small door at CVS at pharmacy bc they have seen the techs come in and out and are now fixate on the door opening and closing and let's keep in mind the child has one year old mind set.
I don't know where these people get off at?

After 13 months of searching for a job out-of-state with an autism insurance mandate or has ABA therapy through Obamacare, we are moving to Texas. Can we get some form of insurance to cover ABA. I don't know if my employer has small or large group full coverage or if they are self-insured so I assuming self insured as a worst case situation.

Please don't answer if you haven't lived in Texas since they changed the law covering insurance in 2013 because it's not timely for me.