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Over five years ago, when we first received our son's autism diagnosis, one of the first questions I remember asking myself was, "Why me?" "Was I being punished for something I had previously done?" and "What did…

I have been somewhat criticized for making myself and my child a "walking billboard" for autism. I have listened to and given much thought on this matter, keeping my child's privacy in mind. However, my most recent…

On January 21, 2011, CNN.com ran an Op-Ed by Dr. Rahul K. Parikh stating that parents of unvaccinated children should pay substantially higher insurance rates than those who are in compliance. He argued that the discrediting of Dr. Andrew…

Parents are inundated with the warnings about the perils of cyberspace and the necessity of protecting their children, a task made more daunting if that child is a guileless autistic. When my fourteen-year-old son gushed that he had met…

Disclaimer. This is a theory and involves a culmination of extensive research, consultations, personal experience and logic. I urge everyone to do their own homework so that another Dr. Wakefield incident is not replicated.…

The “Mary Poppins” approach of teaching through play, while being highly animated and visual is the KEY to curing a child’s autism. “Cure” in the sense that a functional, happy life, complete with a driver’s license, complex…

In what is probably the best indicator yet of just how divided the nation is on the autism-vaccine controversy, a new Harris Interactive/Healthday poll released today shows that fifty-two percent of Americans think that vaccines do not…

Former "Big Brother 9" contestant Adam Jasinski will be sentenced this week for attempting to sell 2,000 pills of oxycodone to a DEA informant, as well as his failure to file a tax return for 2008, the same year he won $500,000…

Amid the insults and mean-spirited humor from host Ricky Gervais, there were some bright spots during last night's 68th Annual Golden Globes Awards ceremony. One of which included actress Claire Danes taking home an award for her…

A Sarasota police officer has been fired for roughing up a special needs student on a school bus following an incident back in December. The video tape, which can be viewed below, shows Deputy Mark Perrin violently yanking a 17-year-old…