Gary Brown

Everyone knows by now that the earlier ABA is started for children with autism the better. The problem is there are no biological markers so inferences have to be made from behavior. The categorization of autism into infantile, where the disorder is supposedly present at birth, and regressive, where...
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For most teenagers driver's ed and getting a driver's license is a rite of passage that they can't wait for. However, many kids with high functioning autism and Asperger's find the thought of driving stressful. I have had a number of kids on the spectrum in my clinic that simply had no interest in d...
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World Autism Awareness Day is being celebrated April 2. The Secretary of the United Nations is calling for a "Community of Voices to Promote Greater Awareness." For those of us who work everyday with children with autism and for parents of children with autism it is hard to believe that th...
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As everyone knows by now, the Health-Care Reform Bill has passed both Houses and been signed into law by President Obama. The Autism Society issued a statement saying "that Congress took a step in the right direction, . . but we have much more work to do to ensure that families affected by auti...
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My last blog on medication and ABA prompted several insightful comments that I would like to address. First of all I am not pro med. Medication should only be used as a last resort after more conservative behavior therapies have been implemented. And this is what I tell parents who bring their child...
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