Musings and What-not

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="section" _builder_version="3.22" custom_padding="7px|||||"][et_pb_row admin_label="row" _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" _builder_version="3.27.4" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"] Something's amiss down under. One news report spoke of over-diagnosis, now another speaks of misdiagnosis. What is going on? According to ABC Local Radio , Experts say diagnosis of the condition in Australia is patchy, because doctors here don't apply the internationally accepted diagnostic criteria. Some patients are diagnosed as au...

I'm heading down under! Ok, not really, but I love what their academia community is doing for our community. Professor Robin Young has been making some pretty significant strides all in the name of autism.  She developed a program that recognizes autism in one-year-olds. In a recent interview with ABC News, she made the following statement: She says her program - used in South Australia - works to get 12-month old children to engage in more social behaviour. Professor Young feels that diagnoses at age 3 or 4 are too late for early intervention to be successful. Imagine a world... Where children are diagnosed within their first year of life. Imagine a world... Where parents don't have to argue with pediatricians. Imagine a world... Where voices are heard and care is... readily available. Imagine.