Promising results in autism treatment
Michael Willett and Mitchell Traylor are young warriors in the fight to find a treatment for autism.
“You doing OK Michael?” asks a research scientist at the University of Louisville where he is one of several young people with autism participating in a study.
“Yeah,” Michael says quietly and simply. It’s now estimated 1 in 110 children is born with a type of autism. Their brains work fine. In some cases, they’re brilliant. But there’s a misfire. Different parts of the brain can’t communicate the way they should.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.