Recognizing the Special Talents of People on the Autism Spectrum
Pictured above: Theater production of “Cats” by Artful Impact Rachel Gossan, a board-certified behavior analyst at North Shore Pediatric Therapy, has had some remarkable patients. She remembers an 8-year-old who could do lightning-fast calculations of large numbers in his head and come up with the correct answer. She recalls a teen who would ask people […]
Awareness Related to Colorectal Cancer Helps Reduce the Number of Deaths
By David Himmel March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and here’s what you need to know: Colorectal cancer is tricky. Complicated, really. For starters, it’s really two cancers. Colorectal cancer is the combined term used to reference colon cancer and rectal cancer, but there are many similarities in risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. The […]
