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Oregon Is Weighing Cuts to Physical Therapy, Prosthetics, and Autism Care for Medicaid Members
Oregon's Medicaid advisory group named PT, OT, prosthetics, and ABA oversight among 40+ cost-cutting options. The budget lands in December.
Research > Genetics
When Genetic Testing for Autism Finds Nothing: What a Negative Result Means
...Numbers Behind a Negative Report. Autism is not a condition that a genetic test...100 genes have documented ties to autism, and none of them functions as a test...pass or fail. Across everyone with an autism diagnosis, a specific genetic cause...identifies a cause in roughly 10% of autistic children. Whole genome sequencing,...
Career > Finding Jobs
Tech Employment for People with Disabilities: What Microsoft's Ability Summit Highlights
...them, and how to get in front of one. Microsoft's Autism Hiring Program. Microsoft launched its Autism Hiring...Microsoft's Autism Hiring Program. Microsoft launched its Autism Hiring Program in 2015 with Specialisterne, a staffing...staffing organization that works exclusively with autistic candidates. The program replaces the one-hour...
Lifestyle > Travel
TSA Cares: Pre-Screening Assistance for Travelers with Disabilities
...after a few flights and stop thinking about it. For a nonverbal traveler, someone managing chronic pain, or a parent flying alone with a child who has autism, those unscripted minutes are often the hardest part of the whole trip, and they happen before anyone even reaches the gate. TSA Cares exists to change...
Health > Alternative Medicine
CBD Safety Research for Children with Autism and Epilepsy
If your child has both autism and epilepsy, the CBD question hits...20 to 30 percent of children with autism, far higher than the roughly 1 percent...trials designed for epilepsy, not autism, which puts your child closer to the...that appear in some children with autism. The trial that led to its approval,...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Masking Behavior in Girls with Asperger Syndrome
...of this is visible to a teacher scanning a classroom for a child who looks disruptive, because classroom screening itself skews toward how boys with autism tend to present: visible stimming, blunt social missteps, meltdowns in the room instead of after it. A girl running a constant background process to...
Education > K-12
What to Look for in an Adaptive Summer Camp for Your Child
...programming alongside typically developing peers, with accommodations layered in. A specialized camp is built around a specific population, whether that's autism, physical disabilities, or medical complexity, with staffing and activities designed for that...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Sensory Self-Care Tools for Adults with Autism
...that affect your ability to regulate, focus, and function comfortably. Many autistic adults grew up hearing "just ignore it" or "you'll get used to it." You...provide deep pressure input, which calms the autonomic nervous system. Many autistic adults find that consistent, distributed weight reduces anxiety, improves...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Online Gaming Communities as Social Connection for Autism
...face-to-face ones do. These friendships are real. For many autistic people, multiplayer gaming environments offer...against it. Why Gaming Works as a Social Space for Autism. Multiplayer games provide natural conversation...Voice chat is optional in most platforms. Some autistic players prefer text-based communication. They...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Social Stories for Autism: Writing Effective Relationship Scripts
...group play feel like a foreign language. When to join, what to say, how to read the room when things shift. These are the invisible social rules that autistic children often need spelled out. Social stories give you a way to do exactly that. They're short, structured narratives that describe a social situation...
News > Advocacy
Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
...Supports (ICS) for people with spinal cord injuries and disabilities. Matthew Barry's daughter was receiving full-time ABA therapy at Superior Steps, an autism treatment facility in Rochester. "We decided to enroll her full-time in ABA therapy, which was transformative for our family," Barry told the Post...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Teaching Theory of Mind to Children with Autism
...knowledge, is developing differently. For many autistic children, this skill doesn't arrive through observation...others know, feel, or believe based on context. Autistic children often develop this understanding later,...Research consistently shows differences in how autistic individuals interpret...