For the next few weeks, I want to focus on stuttering, particularly how the disorder in children can be managed and approached, and how it can affect their lives if left untreated. In the meantime, ASHA (as usual) has a good rundown: “Stuttering affects the fluency of speech. It begins during childhood and, in some cases, lasts […]
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GI Disorders in Children with Autism
2 Recent Articles 1. “Gastrointestinal symptoms more common in children with autism“ “A new study indicates that children with autism spectrum disorder are more than four times more likely to experience general gastrointestinal complaints compared with peers, are more than three times as prone to experience constipation and diarrhea than peers, and complain twice as […]
Autism, SPD, and Brain Wiring
2 Recent Articles 1. “Extra Brain Synapses Appear a Hallmark of Autism“ A fairly in-depth article, but a few takeaways include: a hypothesis that extra synapses in newborn children with autism are not “pruned” during adolescence that a drug, rapamycin, which helps “autism-like behavior in mice” may, in the future, help find possible treatments for […]
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