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Autism and Tantrums

Almost all parents have experienced a time when their child threw a temper tantrum. Maybe it was because they didn’t get what they wanted, or they were hungry, tired or bored. Whatever the cause parents know that tantrums just come with…
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Self-Injurious Behavior in Autism

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is defined as a neurodevelopmental disorder that, in varying ways and degrees, affects a child’s social interaction and communication abilities. It’s also characterized by repetitive behaviors and restrictive…
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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis and CDD

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association coined the term autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In doing so, it created one big umbrella under which multiple neurodevelopmental disorders are now housed. This was done because the disorders were…
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Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and CDD

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association coined a new term that changed the way people thought and approached certain neurodevelopmental disorders. That term autism spectrum disorder (ASD), today covers a variety of different disorders…
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Learning Communication Skills with ABA Therapy

Each child who has autism exhibits signs and symptoms in different ways. This fact is why the term autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was coined a little more than 10 years ago — to describe how the effects of the neurodevelopmental disorder…
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Leukodystrophy and CDD

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) covers a wide array of different neurodevelopmental disorders. Coined in 2013, the term covers many different disorders that were at one time treated completely separately from each other. Asperger’s syndrome…