by Nathan Driskell | Feb 9, 2015 | Treatments
Disneyland. It began there. Well, not really, but it is a good place to begin. What was supposed to be the “happiest place on Earth” was the breeding ground for a national debate on Vaccines. This has been long coming. Anti-vaccination movements have been...
by Nathan Driskell | Nov 24, 2014 | Autism, Book Reviews
Autism has long been viewed as a static condition with little change. Scientists have thought the brain of someone with Autism has damage and will never be able to overcome its limitations. For many years, parents were told there was little hope for a child with...
by Nathan Driskell | Nov 7, 2014 | Autism, Internet Addiction
Recently I was asked if Asperger’s and Internet Addiction were correlated, and if so, what the reasons were. This is an interesting question, as my two main specialties are Asperger’s and Internet Addiction. As most of my clients have Asperger’s or...
by Nathan Driskell | Oct 27, 2014 | Autism, Treatments
It is often tough for Autistic children and children with Asperger’s to do chores. Often it is a battle that leaves both child and parent drained. Parents often try to reason with the child, which goes nowhere, or try to bribe them, which often fails. Autistic...
by Nathan Driskell | Jul 30, 2014 | Depression
The concept of cutting is often a difficult one to understand. Most people cannot understand how someone could willingly wish to inflict pain on themselves. It goes against most models of human behavior. So then, why do people cut? This is a difficult question to...