Impairment in Social Interaction:

• Lack of appropriate eye gaze
• Lack of warm, joyful expressions
• Lack of sharing interest or enjoyment
• Lack of response to name

Impairment in Communication:

• Lack of showing gestures
• Lack of coordination of nonverbal communication
• Unusual prosody (little variation in pitch, odd intonation, irregular rhythm, unusual voice quality)

Repetitive Behaviors & Restricted Interests:

• Repetitive movements with objects
• Repetitive movements or posturing of body, arms, hands, or fingers

Information courtesy of www.firstsigns.org

Every child on the autism spectrum has different needs. There is no single treatment that can answer all of the varied challenges of autism. However, a number of therapies and educational approaches that can help improve the lives of these unique individuals. Parents play a crucial role in finding the treatment that best addresses their child's needs. Some of the common therapies

• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
• Floortime
• Speech and Occupational therapy
• PECS
• RDI
• GFCF diet
• SCERTS
• TEACCH

A child's treatment plan is something that every family will struggle to determine as they weigh a number of factors - their child's unique needs, the costs, the local resources, and the recommendations from the child's doctors.

With miracle cures found throughout the internet and success stories in the media, it isn't uncommon to hear of families spending up to $100k a year in search of the answer for their child. The majority of families receive no help from health insurance as their claims continued to be denied. The most proven treatments require families to pay an average of $4000 a month. The long term costs of caring for someone with autism is reduced by two-thirds when engaged in early intervention. Help us to provide more families with much needed treatment services.