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Affordable Colleges Online Supports New Perspective for Autism Awareness

April 3, 2018 by ITA Staff

Resource Website Releases Guide to Prepare Parents and Students with ASD for Higher Education Affordable Colleges Online, a resource website with the two primary goals to make college more affordable and spread the importance of accreditation, has celebrated this year’s perspective on National Autism Awareness Month: April 2018 adopts a focus on ensuring acceptance and […]

Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: AC Online, Affordable Colleges Online, ASD, Asperger's, autism, Autism Awareness, autism spectrum disorder, Dr. Crystal I. Lee, Dr. Darren Sush, family, going to college, guide, higher education, resource

Autism Spectrum Disorder 

August 17, 2015 by ITAChicago

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) include all pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) within a group of developmental disabilities including Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), and Rett Syndrome.  Each have a neurologic basis; they are caused by a brain disorder which affects how an individual thinks, communicates, and interacts with others.  The manifestations of […]

Filed Under: Glossary Tagged With: ASD, autism spectrum disorder, early childhood, paediatric, pediatric

Developmental Disabilities

August 17, 2015 by ITAChicago

All children display behaviors which can be difficult to manage at some point in time.  Parents are challenged to understand why certain behaviors manifest and struggle to help a distressed child try to control them.  When behaviors occur persistently and impair the normal development of the child or adolescent’s formation of interpersonal relationships with peers […]

Filed Under: Glossary Tagged With: adhd, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, communication disorder, developmental coordination disorder, developmental disabilities, intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disability, stereotypic movement disorder, tic disorders

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