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Using her background in health care administration, education and marketing, Tiffani founded OUR Journey THRU Autism as an educational resource for special needs parents, teachers, and other professionals. Currently she is Editorial Director at Special-Ism, focusing on the -Isms experienced by children with various special needs.
In the last decade, the number of kids diagnosed with ADHD has risen 66%! A new study reveals statistics in the current issue of the journal, Academic Pediatrics. Northwestern Medicine spearheaded the study and analyzed the trends from 2000 to 2010 among children under 18 years of age who had been diagnosed and treated for [...]
Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s co-author on controversial Lancet “MMR paper” completely exonerated of all charges of professional misconduct World renowned pediatric gastroenterologist Prof. John Walker-Smith won his appeal today against the United Kingdom’s General Medical Council regulatory board that had ruled against both him and Andrew Wakefield for their roles in the 1998 Lancet MMR paper, [...]
We have been in a down economy for quite some time. Families are continuously seeking a more frugal way of living. Special needs families need to tighten their purse strings even more to allow room in their budgets to cover the costs of therapies, special diets, therapeutic tools, etc. Special-Ism is here to help you [...]
Recently, the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) called on the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to do more to reduce and prevent the use of restraint and seclusion on school children. “ED has not provided any meaningful leadership to reduce the use of restraint and seclusion − despite the fact that students are continuing to [...]
In one of our recent articles, Two Stress Reducing Ideas for Home and School by Jean Myles, you will find multiple suggestions to reduce anxiety in the discussion. Below are some explanations to add to your “Bag of Tricks”. Deep Breathing Encourage your child to breathe in through their nose and out through their mouth. [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! May all the readers be blessed this Thanksgiving and all year long! I am very thankful this year and what a perfect time to express my gratitude. I am thankful for each and everyone of our remarkable contributors, who each month, share their personal and professional expertise on a topic as it relates [...]
by Joanna L. Keating-Velasco Thanksgiving is a great time to count our blessings and give thanks. Sometimes living in a family impacted by autism has parents spinning so many plates (with therapies, IEPs, medical visits, behavior issues, etc.), that one can’t even take a breath to contemplate blessings. Throughout my busy days at work, I [...]
