Help my ex wont give my son his meds on the weekends or vacation time he has him. so my son goes days without it and comes home more upset and violent with his sisters and me. I have try to talk to his father about making sure that he gets it but got told that he can give it to himself which the doctor says no because of where he is on the spectrum. I have tired talking to DFCS where I live and got told they cant do anything because I have the child most of the time. What else can I do because… read more

Hello, we've heard great things about the school districts in Irvine. My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with moderate ASD. She's been in a special day class in San Leandro, CA and has been in every type of service since she was initially diagnosed (private OT, ABA, Speech and music therapy). The school has offered the basics, and not even OT! After sending letters she will finally have an assessment. She is transitioning to Kinder. At this point we are willing to move wherever services are… read more

Why won't auditory clinics test autistics kids for auditory processing disorder? Our child clearly has it and our speech therapist thinks it would give a great bunch of info for ameliorating his difficulties if we knew more precisely what gets scrambled.

Is a 4 year old who has problems with clear speech and difficulty with simple learning such as numbers and colors and remembering them always autism. He is very loving, talks a lot but not clearly and is very sensitive. Acts out sometimes and has always done the flapping thing.

One of my HFA sons seems to have abilities that come and go. One day he can tie his shoes and a few days later he forgets the process and gets frustrated. This has happened with other motor skills. He is on a GFCF diet and takes supplements and is doing well by many other accounts but these "forgotten" abilities are baffling us. We don't see a pattern related to diet.

Hi friends, can you share experiences of GFCF diet on your kids ? Does it improve speech?

Hi, my son is referred to SOS for his extreme oral defensiveness to feeding, only eating 2 kinds. Do your children have this kind of treatment approach? How do the therapist do it? What advice and technique do they tell you so your kid with autism and sensory processing disorder eat new food?

Lately not doing what we requested and wanting to go out all the time (again used to have when Jas was little, just interest is going out)