A new hope for autistic children fills a growing, desperate need – at a price
Sitting next to Henry Roane in a padded room could be one of the best places for Nicholas Rotundo.
Rotundo, 6, has autism. Roane is a psychologist. The room is at SUNY Upstate Medical University’s outpatient psychiatry clinic in Syracuse. For four months, Roane has been meeting Rotundo there five days a week, 90 minutes a day, trying to modify Nick’s behavior.
At home, Rotundo’s behaviors had his parents at wits’ end. His behaviors threatened his twin sister and his older sister, who also have autism. He would scream for hours. Smear feces around his room. Pinch and scratch siblings and parents. Claw himself until he bled. Urinate around the house. Eat plastic toys, dirt and mulch.
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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.