By Kathleen O'Grady auditory and rhythm, autism, children with special needs, fine motor skills, music therapy, trained therapists, whole body disorder
Music interventions are evidence-based with positive results — so why don’t we use them more often? My son is practicing the piano as I write this and it’s the sweetest sound. He’s spent two years working slowly through the same level, but it doesn’t matter; he’s improving and the benefits of both music therapy […]
By Yona Lunsky and Jonathan A. Weiss autism, autism framework, community, emergency, emergency room, police, resources, social services, social support, stress, training, Wait time
By Yona Lunsky and Tara Gomes ADHD, anti-psychotic drugs, autism, cost of drugs, dementia, developmental disabilities, monitored drugs, over-medicating, over-prescribing, prescribing, prescribing guidelines
By Yona Lunsky and Jonathan A. Weiss aide sociale, autism, autisme, cadre de l'autisme, communauté, entraînement, Ressources, salle d'urgence, services sociaux, stress, temps d'attente, urgence, Wait time
By Kathleen O'Grady accidental drowning, autism, autism risks, costs of children with special needs, drowning, vulnerable, vulnerable population
By Nicole Letourneau and Suzanne Tough ADHD, autism, child development, Child health, childhood education, community support, dépression
Genetics will save the day — at least that’s the message you see pretty much everywhere in the media, and sometimes even in the academic literature.
By Kathleen O’Grady autism, Canada’s healthcare system, Canadian health care, communications, families, Health is more than healthcare, healthcare, public healthcare
Over a year ago, I was invited to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day on Parliament Hill. It was attended by a dozen or more Senators from both major parties, political staffers and invited guests mostly from an assortment of autism non-profit organizations. I expected a somewhat predictable ‘feel good’ event about how far we’ve come and how far we have still to go. But an hour later there weren’t many dry eyes in the chamber.
By Kathleen O’Grady autism, Canada’s healthcare system, Canadian health care, communications, families, Health is more than healthcare, healthcare, public healthcare
Canadian governments have done little to address the crisis faced by autism families across the country. This sentiment was true in 2007 when it was put forward in the cross-party Senate report on the state of funding for the treatment of autism in Canada, aptly titled, Pay Now or Pay Later. And until recently, this sentiment could be used to sum up the role of the federal government which has largely left the crisis up to provincial ministries to manage.
By Kathleen O’Grady and Anne Jovanovic autism, Canada’s healthcare system, Canadian health care, communications, families, Health is more than healthcare, healthcare, public healthcare
Every week a new study on autism seems to surface, and too often, there are errors or critical omissions in some of the media coverage on the topic.
By Mike Allan and Noah Ivers autism, immunization, immunization rates, measles, MMR_vaccine, mumps, outbreaks, rubella, side effects, The Lancet, vaccination, vaccine, Wakefield study
Is there any link between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism?
