News
Keep up with new programs, developments, research, activities and more happening at NMTSA.
July 1, 2010
NMTSA at the Phoenix Mercury
Join NMTSA/ACT on Sunday, August 1st at 3p at US Airways Arena for the Phoenix Mercury game! The Mercury have given us a block of lower bowl seats and we are selling them for $12/each (with a portion of the proceeds going to NMTSA/ACT). There will be lots of great basketball, good friends and fun for all! Download the order form here (pdf) to purchase your $12 tickets today (regularly priced at $45/each) and then spend a Sunday afternoon with NMTSA/ACT friends, families and the World Champion Phoenix Mercury!
March 12, 2010
NMTSA Fundraiser Featured on 12 News
Channel 12 News stopped by NMTSA's "Jump for NMTSA" Fundraiser event this afternoon. Check out the report below:
June 30, 2009
Steven's Law to Take Effect July 1st
Steven's Law requires insurance carriers to provide coverage for medically necessary therapies for children and teens with autism spectrum disorders, similar to the existing coverage for other medically necessary treatments for other disorders. The question is, will your child be eligible for autism-related insurance coverage? Click the 'more info' link for a step-by step guide to assist you. -more info-
June 15, 2009
NMTSA and AAA Arizona Team Up for Fundraiser
Call AAA agent Laura Moseley at 602-316-4227 between June 15 and September 4, 2009 to receive a free, no-obligation insurance quote and she will automatically donate $10 to NMTSA. Mention fundraiser code MUS100. Program also available online at this AAA link. -more info-
May 15, 2009
Kris' Camp Offering Continuing Ed Course at NMTSA May 27-28
NMTSA is hosting a two-day continuing education course offered by Kris' Camp that looks at autism as a psychomotor regulation disorder: theoretical and applied implications. -more info-
February 25, 2008
Wired.com Article: The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know
"A cornerstone of this new approach — call it the difference model — is that past research about autistic intelligence is flawed, perhaps catastrophically so, because the instruments used to measure intelligence are bogus. 'If Amanda Baggs had walked into my clinic five years ago,' says Massachusetts General Hospital neuroscientist Thomas Zeffiro, one of the leading proponents of the difference model, 'I would have said she was a low-functioning autistic with significant cognitive impairment. And I would have been totally wrong.'" -full article-
