Healthy Diet for Autism
I think it’s important to have the Identify the Signs campaign because we still have a lot of children who come to us who are late ID’d. In other words, who have missed a lot of time in getting a diagnosis and getting into intervention. Similarly, we have a lot of adults who don’t seek…
– Hello I’m Dr. Robert Pieretti, and I’d like to welcome you as we discuss interprofessional practice or IPP as it relates to providing services to students with autism spectrum disorders. According to Ash’s definition IPP occurs when multiple service providers from different professional backgrounds provide comprehensive services by working with individuals and their families,…
Speech-language pathologists help children with autism improve their daily functioning and quality of life. Here are the key ways where treatment by a speech-language pathologist makes a difference. Communication skills. Children with autism may have trouble with communication skills such as understanding, talking with others, reading or writing. Social skills. Children with autism may have…
Welcome to my speech-language pathology people, University of Illinois folks, fellow disability advocates, and those of you who’ve migrated here via some other connection; I’m glad you found us. So I’m Laura DeThorne, professor, speech therapist, mom, but I’m here today because ASHA SIG 1 invited me to serve as guest editor for their annual…