Estimated Autism Prevalence 2018
In April the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its update of the estimated autism prevalence. This estimate was based off an analysis of 2014 medical records and educational records of 8 year old children from 11 sites across the US. The new estimate represents a 15 percent increase to 1 in 59 children. These numbers are updated every two years by the CDC. Significantly higher numbers were reported at sites where researchers had full access to school re
Play Play Play
Play is often called "the work of children," because it is such an integral part of their development. Children learn how to interact with their environment, create, problem solve and most importantly acquire speech, language and social-emotional skills. As children grow their play skills grow with them allowing for new development of skills that are more complex. What ever age your child is, parents play a HUGE role in helping facilitate the growth of language skills through
