Updated March 19, 2020There are so many resources. Ask Google…. LANE COUNTY 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS – COVID-19 EUGENE Virus Updates, Resources OREGON GUIDELINES for CORVID-19 CDC handwashing guide: https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/when-how-handwashing.html WHO handwashing video: https://youtu.be/3PmVJQUCm4E Lane County Facebook support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1354709024737163/  Online SNAP shopping:  https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/online-purchasing-pilot  Senior Shopping Hours:https://kval.com/news/local/which-stores-are-offering-senior-shopping-hours-during-covid-19-crisis Laughing Planet offers to feed kids for free during school […]

Greetings, friends and families of the  KindTree/STiLE community.  We are in the midst of a novel coronavirus outbreak and need to support each other to avoid panic and move on through this crisis to the other side. As you know, federal, state, and local government leaders are asking people to avoid social gatherings and stay […]

From DisabilityScoop The percentage of American schoolchildren receiving special education services as a result of an autism diagnosis doubled over 10 years. New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that 10.51 percent of all students with disabilities ages 6 to 21 in 2018 were identified as having autism. Just a decade earlier, that […]

https://www.registerguard.com/opinion/20190912/oregon-taking-steps-to-care-for-autistic-children First, a thank you to state Sen. Sara Gelser for visiting several out-of-state programs which care for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including children from Oregon. We are deeply saddened and concerned about some of the abusive treatment of vulnerable children mentioned in The Register-Guard article (Oregon under pressure to provide services for […]

Dear Colleagues, Our research team in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York is committed to safeguarding the well-being of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). As many parents and professionals know all too well, concerns about wandering, or “bolting,” can be a major source of stress […]

From: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/mali-vra022219.php  New Rochelle, NY, February 22, 2019–In a new pilot study, autistic adults showed real-life, functional improvement after a combination treatment approach that included graded exposure to fear and anxiety-producing experiences in a virtual reality environment. The design and preliminary results of this novel approach are published in Autism in Adulthood, a new peer-reviewed journal from […]