News
Keep up with new programs, developments, research, activities and more happening at NMTSA.
November 22, 2011
NMTSA Featured in College Times
Song a source of power, healing through music therapy by Amanda Ventura
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-
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-
