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Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by difficulties in social and communication skills and the presence of repetitive/restrictive behavior patterns. The latter being a wide and diverse range of symptoms that can include sensory aversions and enthrallments (stimming), repetitive motor movements, needing routines and rituals with poor ability to adapt to unexpected changes, stereotyped play patterns, fixations on objects and/or

Most people do not realize that ADHD is so highly heritable and prevalent in families. Heritability rate is a measure of what percentage of symptoms are directly due to genetic factors versus environmental factors, which is typically determined by studying twins. Some studies have suggested as high as a 90% heritability rate for ADHD. Prevalence rates refer to the odds of a condition occurring in a population. Prevalence rates for a child having ADHD when one parent has it a

During brief phone calls with potential clients, I frequently discuss the importance of finding an evaluator that understands and specializes in female presentation of ADHD symptoms. Stereotypes for ADHD tend to cater to male symptom presentations. Hyperactive, impulsive, oppositional, defiant, etc. ADHD diagnostic criteria is descriptive of 5 to 8 year old males more so than any other population. These individuals are unable to sit still on the reading rug in kindergarten. I

I have recently found myself describing the ins and outs of Dyslexia evaluations for several families, and thought it would probably be a helpful blog topic. Dyslexia is a neurobiological learning disability. It most commonly impacts reading abilities, although presentation can be quite different for various individuals. I generally describe Dyslexia symptoms as presenting in two distinct forms. The first is the classic, and stereotyped conception, that Dyslexia is all visual