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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…
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Full Body Stimming

Part of the Comprehensive Guide to Stimming Self-stimulatory behaviors, or stimming, is often associated solely with children who have a developmental disorder such as ADHD or autism. However, stimming is actually something that can occur…
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Lipid Storage Diseases and CDD

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association coined a new moniker called autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In doing so, they wrapped multiple neurodevelopmental disorders under one medical umbrella, treating them as similar afflictions with some…