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Image credits: Crumplesock The author faces a choice of placing her son into care or splitting her family apart, but she’s unsure if she’s being unreasonable for considering those options
An autistic child. The struggle for services. The 911 calls. This is the harrowing story of how one mom scrambled to get help for her son and keep her head above water.
A common presentation of sleep apnea in children with autism is insomnia. [67] All known genetic syndromes which are linked to autism have a high prevalence of sleep apnea. The prevalence of sleep apnea in Down's Syndrome is 50% - 100%. [68] Sleep problems and OSA in this population have been linked to language development. [69]
In a bid for some alone time or just a quiet moment, people — but moms especially — are sacrificing sleep for sanity, staying up into the wee hours of the night to squeeze out some “me time.”
Autism spectrum disorder [a] (ASD), or simply autism, is a neurodevelopmental disorder "characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts" and "restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities". [11] Sensory abnormalities are also included in the diagnostic manuals ...
Autistic meltdown describes an intense, often uncontrollable response to an overwhelming situation experienced by some autistic individuals. Angry outbursts in autistic people have been referred to as meltdowns that manifest as an intense reaction, [ 1 ] but such outbursts are different to true meltdowns, which always take some time to recover ...
If someone goes to bed at midnight and sleeps until 7 a.m. with efficient, good-quality sleep, then that meets the general recommendation for adults.” Whenever you go to bed, make sure you get ...
Despite the growing diagnosis of autism, which has been estimated to affect more than 2 million children and teens across the country, experts and advocates have bemoaned glaring gaps in services ...