Will New Autism Definition Affect Your Child's Services?

Although the American Psychiatric Association has been working on its revision of the DSM (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) for several years, a new study by world-renowned expert on childhood mental disorders, Dr. Fred Volkmar, has brought the concerns expressed by the autism community back to the forefront of discussion. At issue… Read More »

Long Island Advocacy Center featured on Special Needs Long Island Radio

Please join “Special Needs Long Island,” the radio show focused on the special needs community, as we feature Laura Adler Greene, Esq.  Ms. Greene is an attorney with the Long Island Advocacy Center, a not for profit organization  dedicated to protecting the legal rights of students with disabilities.  She represents students in PINS diversion programs… Read More »

Congrats to Nassau Knights, Special Needs Football Team

The Nassau Knights, Nassau County Police Activity League’s (PAL) flag football special needs team, played and won against a group of Kappa Sigma fraternity members from Adelphi University.   According to Newsday, the team of 14-28 year olds with varying disabilities, played its only game against another team this season.  One of the team’s coaches,… Read More »

"It's Not as Bad as it Looks"

  Right, Judge. If it was possible to somehow put the frosting on the cake of this horrifying story about a judge caught on videotape beating his daughter, a life-long sufferer of cerebral palsy, that quote from the perpetrator did it.   According to the article, Texas Family Court Judge William Adams was secretly taped by his… Read More »

Broadway Roars: Autism Friendly Performance at Lion King

Broadway is becoming autism friendly!  The Theater Development Fund (TDF) has started a new program known as the Autism Theater Initiative  to make theater more accessible to children and adults on the autism spectrum and their families.   The Lion King has been chosen as the first ever Broadway autism-friendly play with a special performance… Read More »