John asks… articles on children with autism? i work with a group of kids and we have an autistic kid in the class is there any articles that will help me to be a better teacher with him i want to learn more about autism so any intresting articles that will help me would be [...]

Jenny asks… AUTISIM? How do you feel about Jenny McCarthy’s current crusade about curing Autism? Did it change your mind about vaccines and how we notice the signs early on? Or is this just old news to those dealing w/a family member that is suffering from it? I personally have not been around autisim so [...]

George asks… Is therapy an effective treatment for children who are diagnosed with autism? Autism & Life answers: I have aspergers syndrome (high functioning autism), and have developed many serious complications due to the lack of therapy recieved in my youth. A professional therapist is trained to spot deviations from a condition and is better [...]

David asks… Autism Spectrum Disorder? My son was recently diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. They are telling me that is more verbal and sensory. Can anyone give me advice on how to help him? Autism & Life answers: There is an excellent book you can check out at the library called Healing The New Childhood [...]

Richard asks… i have a small garden but i would be delighted if my children had a safe playpen like the one made for a? BOY WITH AUTISM,there’s no pleasing some people,they would have moaned if he was locked in a room on his own,this way he got to be outside with his mates http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325796/Cage-autistic-pupil-removed-Nicolson-Institute-Stornoway.html [...]

Daniel asks… What causes autism? What age do you start seeing symptoms? Autism & Life answers: No one knows 100% for sure what causes autism. There are many different theories from genetic to environmental to vaccines. The typical characteristics of autism start becoming most noticeable around the age of 2 yrs. But sometimes not recognized [...]

Betty asks… do the UK’s unemployment statistics take people on long term disability benefit into account? I am on Disability Living Allowance, Incapacity Benefit and Income Support because I am learning disabled. I keep hearing on the news how unemployment is going up in this country due to the so-called “credit crunch” and I was [...]

Sharon asks… Where can I find a website for placing ads and locating ABA therapists for kids with autism? Looking for people who have had training in the field of applied behavior analysis or have had a class(es) in ABA. We need people to help run an ABA program for our twin daughters with autism [...]

Robert asks… 2 year old echos words, could it be autism? My son has been diagnosed by a speech pathologist as being severley delayed. He was delayed in doing gestures (waving, pointing) he didnt start til 20months. He is 2 years one month and has started copying words we say. If we say for example [...]

Lisa asks… What vaccines are given in the U.S that are not given in other developed countries? On dateline tonight, about vaccines and autism, they said that kids in the U.S. receive more vaccines than in any other developed country…. Which vaccines do we give in the U.S. that other countries do not? Please no [...]