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Toddlers with Autism Prefer Geometric Patterns

September 7, 2010

10 September 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

MONDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) — When given the choice to gaze at geometric patterns or children dancing and playing, toddlers with autism spent more time looking at the patterns while typically developing toddlers preferred to look at other kids, a new…...

September 3, 2010

3 September 2010, Multiple Sclerosis, News, Newsletter

[Source: The Guardian] The author JK Rowling has donated £10m to set up a clinic to research treatments for multiple sclerosis, the degenerative disease that killed her mother at the age of 45, it was announced today. The Anne Rowling regenerative neurology…...

September 1, 2010

3 September 2010, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Newsweek] Health and celebrities are an intoxicating mix. Major disease organizations chronically search for famous faces to represent them—and for good reason. Celebs make a difference. Michael J. Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991, has raised awareness—and large amounts…...

August 31, 2010

20 August 2021, Article, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Our News Feed turned up this great article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel which we thought was an excellent resource for OTs (and everyone actually) to share with the teachers and parents of the kiddos that you work with. Make…...

August 31, 2010

3 September 2010, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP, Special Education, Tip or Resource

Special thanks to Margaret Rice at Your Therapy Source for pointing out this resource through her Twitter Page. While some cynics might look at the “Toys-R-Us Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids,” as a thinly veiled attempt to get parents/therapists to shop at…...

August 31, 2010

3 September 2010, Down Syndrome, Newsletter, Special Education, Video

Thank you so much Kaufman Children’s Center for posting this video for us to see. It made our day, and should make you smile too!...

August 30, 2010

3 September 2010, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter, Spinal Cord Injury

[Source: Washington Post] By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 29, 2010; 6:14 PM Even as supporters of human embryonic stem cell research are reeling from last week’s sudden cutoff of federal funding, another portentous landmark is quietly approaching: the…...

August 30, 2010

3 September 2010, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

Federal Court of Appeals Says No Link Between Vaccines and Autism [Source: Associated Press] WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that vaccines are not to blame for autism. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit…...

August 27, 2010

27 August 2010, Bilingualism, Newsletter, SLP

By: Barbara Fernandes, Trilingual M.S; CCC-SLP The discussion over accent and dialect can bring very interesting reactions. Sometimes those whose accent/dialect differs from the majority experience a feeling of inferiority. Some natives who consider themselves “accentless” may believe they are superior to…...

August 27, 2010

Newsletter, 13 August 2010, OT, SPD

By: Loren Shlaes, OTR Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique The movie Groundhog Day stars Bill Murray as a hapless weatherman stuck repeating the exact same day over and over, never learning anything from his mistakes and becoming more and more frustrated…...