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Rapid Prompting Method Helps People with Autism Communicate Image

Rapid Prompting Method Helps People with Autism Communicate

March 11, 2016

Clinton was diagnosed with autism around age 2. She wasn't meeting milestones like her peers. At first doctors blamed a speech delay for her late development, but it wasn't long before her parents found out what was really wrong. Read More »


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Thousands of New York City Students Deprived of Special-Education Services, Report Says

March 10, 2016

As many as 40 percent of students in New York City recommended for special-education services may not be getting them, the Education Department said in a report released on Monday. Read More »


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Music therapy helps Georgia girl with brain injury

March 9, 2016

ATLANTA - 7-year old Briana Lawson of Macon faces a long road back, after a devastating Christmas Day car accident killed her older sister and left Briana with a severe brain injury. She spent two months at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, enduring six surgeries. There, therapists are using an unusual approach to help Lawson recover. Read More »


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Access to physical therapy lowers cost of health care for back pain

March 8, 2016

Analysis looked at private insurance claims in six Northwest states, including Oregon Lowering barriers to physical therapy decreases the odds that people with low-back pain will end up in emergency rooms, use imaging and have opioid prescriptions, according to a recent policy brief by the Health Care Cost Institute. Read More »


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