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 […]
Autism Spectrum Disorder
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 […]
Developmental Disabilities
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 […]