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Video: What you should know about an IEP

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This Autism Hangout Special Report addresses the importance of the Individual Education Plan for children with Autism. As the parent of a young boy with Asperger's Syndrome, Reporter Mark Wirbel takes a first-hand approach to what parents should know and do. Courtesy of Autism Hangout

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Our experience with Therapeutic Listening as autism therapy

Amanda Broadfoot


When I first heard about therapeutic listening, I was very dubious. I didn't understand how wearing headphones and listening to weird sounds was going to do anything except seriously tick Billy off. Having completed the program now, we still can't conclusively ..

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Video: Autism treatment with medical marijuana

Bobby Hester


Bobby Hester shares his thoughts about his grandson's treatment with medical cannabis during an Unconventional Foundation for Autism Haircutathon event at Current Trends Hair Studio in Lake Forest, California. More on medical marijuana and autism here Wh ..

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Video: Tony and his mentor, Kyle

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This is a video about Tony and his mentor, Kyle. Tony has Asperger's syndrome and when his mother asked for a mentor Volunteers in Service stepped in to help find one. Volunteers In Service seeks to be the recognized West Michigan leader in equipping churche ..

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Everyday is a winding road

Alysia Butler


Remember back in high school when every family member, friend, neighbor would ask you constantly what college you were going to? And then once you were at that college, those same family members, friends and neighbors would quiz you about what your major was ..

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She wants to sing and dance?

Roselle Jerome-Dalton


Now that Rachel was a part of the system, I was able to get help from an agency. One problem…what kind of program would be able to help my daughter get back on track? For the past three years she had so many disappointing and devastating experiences that s ..

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Autism & the road to truth

Melissa K. Knauer


Some things happen that you expect. You know what to do with them. You know how to handle the situation. Some things happen that you don't expect but you deal with the situation anyway. Some things in life creep up on you, growing in abundance little by little ..

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Once upon a time....PDD

Roselle Jerome-Dalton


It was the most wonderful day of my life, the day I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl…Rachel. She was perfect and my plans for her future included great schools, a fabulous career and designer dresses. But as time marched on, it was clear that planning ..

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Traveling with our ASD child - one mother’s view

Cathy Cherry


Fifteen years ago, we adopted Matthew, our son with special needs from Russia. He was 3 at the time. I never imagined that I would learn so much in such a short period of time in my life. Being an architect, I tend to constantly focus on environmental issues a ..

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Video: The Autism Puzzle

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Forty years ago autism was a highly obscure disorder which was thought to affect only four to five children in every 10,000, but now some British teachers are claiming to see it in one in every 86 children. What's happened? Is there an epidemic of autism ..

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Video: Beyond the label of autism

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Jeff Chiusano's son, Joey was diagnosed with autism. It's not a label, but a means to understand how to better communicate with his son and help him realize his fullest potential.

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Video: Putting people on the autism spectrum to work

Meet Aspiritech founder, Brenda Wietzberg. Aspiritech - a non-profit organization based in Chicago - is on a m ..

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