On The Cover
Bobby Butler, age 5, is a lovable little boy who likes to cuddle. He learned to swim at 1 1/2 and started reading at age 2 1/2. His favorite activity is tubing behind his dad's boat. Bobby lives with his family in Gilbert, AZ.


Featured Articles

Just Take a Bite? Easy, Effective Answers to Food Aversions and Eating Challenges
By Lori Ernsperger, Ph.D. & Tania Stegen-Hanson
Sharing a meal with family and friends can be a most rewarding and life-affirming activity. That is, unless you are a resistant eater or you have a resistant eater in your family.

Re-training the Brain: Using Neurofeedback to Help Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
By Laurence M. Hirshberg, Ph.D.
Numerous scientific studies indicate that neurofeedback can help the human brain reorganize or shift its function in the direction of improved function.

Texas Star Academy: Where All Students Shine
By Patricia Asaad
Integrating children with autism and typically developing children within an Applied Behavior Analysis therapy setting can be a rich, fertile environment where all children learn and grow.

Transfer Factor:Immune System Modulators
By Kenneth Bock, M.D.
Transfer factor, one of the key components in modulating the immune system and keeping it in balance, can be helpful for some individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

Autism Around the World Ireland
Kurt Gödel: The mathematical Genius who had Asperger Syndrome
By Michael Fitzgerald and Viktoria Lyons
Kurt Gödel was one of the greatest mathematicians and logicians of his generation. Did he also have Asperger?s Syndrome? Fitzgerald and Lyons explore the possibility.


Featured Books

Strengthening Relationships
by Nicholas R.M. Martin, MA.
Finally! A book for parents, not about parenting, but about relationships, about how to help marriages remain strong in the face of the challenges associated with raising a child with special needs.

Red and Green Choices: A Positive Behavioral: Development Strategy for Students with
Autism or Behavioral Predispositions
By Green Irene
Students with autism often need visual supports to positively develop behaviors. Red and Green Choices? provides a clear, consistent behavioral approach that appeals to the black and white thinking patterns of people with autism/AS.

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