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“The Tree I See” Children’s iPhone/iPad story book. 100% of the sales goes to Autism Speaks through the month of June.

By admin | Published: June 20, 2012

We recently did a story about one of my best friends iPhone/iPad app “the Tree I see.” we posted it on Memorial Day letting you know it was available for free for Memorial Day commemorating our fallen heroes. Robert has now extended 100% of the sales of this app to Autism Speaks until the end [...]

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Are Your Kids Contagious?

By admin | Published: April 15, 2012

4:00pm, Thu 12 Apr 2012 – last updated Thu 12 Apr 2012 Diseases like measles and mumps would be all but wiped out if wasn’t for the fact that millions of children aren’t being fully immunised. Photo: REUTERS/Nicky Loh With millions of tourists set to visit Britain this summer for the Queen’s Jubilee and Olympic [...]

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Discovering Autism: An industry built on hope

By admin | Published: December 20, 2011

LOS ANGELES — In 1987, Ivar Lovaas, a charismatic UCLA psychology professor, published what remains the most famous study on the treatment of autism. Lovaas had broken down the basic skills of life into thousands of drills, such as pointing, identifying colors and reading facial expressions. For 40 hours a week on average, the therapists [...]

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Developmental preschool provides nurturing environment – journalreview.com: News

By admin | Published: November 14, 2011

Although teaching children with developmental delays is achallenge, Michalina Peterson can’t imagine doing anythingelse. “It’s wonderful,” she said. “I just don’t think I was made to be ageneral education teacher. it feels so good to see these childrenmake progress and gains.” Peterson has worked for the  past eight years as a classroomteacher at the Developmental [...]

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