This Saturday many team members of Summit and our families will be joining thousands of others during Autism Speaks’ Nashville Autism Walk! We’re excited to be a team in this year’s walk benefiting such a great cause. The Nashville walk has already raised over $76,000 for Autism Speaks and we’re sure the weekend will bring [...]
Story from KALB News Channel 5 in Alexandria, LA – Read Full Story Here (with videos) It’s Autism Awareness Month. One Cenla mother is making it her mission to kick, punch and chop away at the effects of the disease. She jumpstarted an autistic karate class. News Channel Five’s, Brooke Buford, has the story. 5-year [...]
Kicking off Autism Awareness Month, today (April 2, 2011) is World Autism Day. As Summit always looks to support families affected by autism through education offerings, today we firmly stand behind millions of others worldwide in support of autism education and research. View the worldwide outreach effort at: http://www.worldautismawarenessday.org Please join us in this effort [...]
Entry By: Dr. Esther Hess I just reviewed the following article by Sallie Bernard which gives her thoughts on a recent conference on autism. The debate over genetic and/or environmental causes of autism rages on….Esther Hess, Ph.D. Click here to read the article: “Feeling exposed? Insights from a new meeting on environmental impacts in autism“ [...]
Written by Esther B. Hess, Ph.D. First published Feb. 10, 2010. Summit Professional Education Instructor – View Upcoming DIR/Floortime Seminars February is the month when many of us celebrate the possibilities of romance with Valentine’s Day. It comes as no surprise then that our older adolescent and young adult population with developmental delays such as [...]
The incidence of autism is continuing to grow meteorically. The CDC is now revising its figures to indicate that 1 in 100 children born in America fall into the autistic spectrum. This is approximately 1 in 80 boys. Other studies are showing that better than 1% of all American children will be classified on the [...]
According to numerous sources, the APA is proposing major changes today to the DSM-V. Asperger’s Disorder is likely to be eliminated, causing a more symptom-driven diagnosis. All autism-related disorders will be placed into a general category known as Autism Spectrum Disorders. “Dimensions” will now differentiate ASD including current language functioning and intellectual level/disability. One possibility [...]