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Co-Morbidities of Autism and Asperger’s

Posted by myautisminsights
June 20, 2008

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 John Byrne cartoon
Co-Morbidities - what a scary word!  It sounds like some sort of mass death sentence.  For the layperson, however, co-morbidities are just multiple conditions that present at the same time.
At the seminar I attended last week, Dr. Ortiz discussed these conditions.  He distinguishes between Asperger’s and High Functioning Autism by IQ scores, but […]

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Thursday Thankfulness

Posted by myautisminsights
June 19, 2008

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It’s Thursday again, so that means it’s time to find three reasons to be thankful about the unique gifts of autism, Asperger’s or anything else that should come to mind!  Here are my three for this week:
1. I am thankful for my son’s special education staff.  It’s been a pretty good year and he’s grown so […]

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Fifty-Two Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-verbal Learning Disorder and High Functioning Autism

Posted by myautisminsights
June 13, 2008

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I spent the day at a fantastic lecture by Dr. John M. Ortiz, Ph.D., founder of the Asperger’s Institute , called: “52 Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-verbal Learning Disorder and Autism’. While he didn’t get to all of the strategies, he covered many, and I learned a great deal about Asperger’s that I […]