When a child is diagnosed with autism, families are often introduced to multiple therapy recommendations at once. They invariably need to wrestle with how to balance ABA , occupational therapy, and speech therapy . That is an important question, because many parents are told to prioritize ABA and fit everything else around it, or at a later date. In practice, that often leads families to view occupational therapy as something optional or secondary. It is not secondary. Pediatric occupational...

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On-line school can potentially wreak havoc with kids’ posture, as they sprawl on the couch or sit at a desk with their feet dangling. By...