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Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism

Throughout the many years of working with children diagnosed with Autism, I always felt that the hot topic of vaccines was one of many global possibilities for the cause of Autism. Especially for the cases where the child is developing perfectly “normal” and all of a sudden purposeful play stops and language dissipates. However, I am much more comforted now that multiple evidenced-based research articles have proven otherwise, and now agree with the suggestions in this interesting article. What are your thoughts on this hot topic? Kyle Heebner, OTR/L

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Fine Motor Skills – Pediatric Occupational Therapy

By YourTherapySource

Clothes Pin Counting: Here a child has index cards with numbers on them. Using clothes pins, the child is hanging the cards in the correct numerical order. Then the child presses the clothes pins to drop the cards. Hanging the line next to the wall helps to control the clothes line and makes it easier for the child.

Teen with cerebral palsy remains positive

By Julian Cavazos

Regan Brown, 13, has a positive outlook on life and believes she can do most things, even though she has cerebral palsy.