ABLE accounts: Funding your Special Needs life
I don’t know so much about money. I know it doesn’t grow on trees. I know insurance seems not to cover many treatments that my clients need. And I know…
Autism Society of Colorado
Colorado’s Autism Society recently sent along some information regarding their services. Below is a sampling of their offering: Opening Doors Program: partners with local and national businesses to provide comfortable…
Google Glass for Autism!
Check this out! Google Glass is being used in clinical trials at Stanford, helping individuals with autism improve their ability to read facial expressions. The clinical studies ask participants to…
Got DNA? Contribute today!
SPARK Autism (Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge) is collecting DNA samples from families with Autism to better understand the genetic contributions of Autism. Happily, JFK Partners in Denver…
The Spark Program from Celebrate EDU
The Spark Program is a curriculum designed to teach business and entrepreneurial skills to individuals with developmental disabilities. (In fact, you MUST have a developmental disability to access the program.) …
The Economist magazine and ASD
The Economist ran two articles about ASD this week and ASD captured the cover! The first article is titled Beautiful minds, wasted: How not to squander the potential of autistic…
Antidepressants during pregnancy
Should women take antidepressants during pregnancy? What are the risks of taking medication? What are the risks of NOT treating depression during pregnancy? A recent study examines the impact…
Temple Grandin: Superhero professor
Dr. Temple Grandin makes the news again! Dr. Grandin makes a point of mingling with her audience members, and helps to shine a light on what it means to live…