Yesterday was a BIG day for Michigan! On Wednesday, April 18, Dr. Solomon traveled to Michigan’s capital city to stand by as Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley signed into law a bill mandating that autism services in Michigan be covered by insurance companies. The ‘autism insurance bill’ will go into effect in just 6 months. In...
Month: <span>April 2012</span>
The Causes of Autism: Recent Evidence (an article by Richard Solomon, MD)
The following article by Dr. Solomon was recently published in The Toledo Blade: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), characterized by delays in language, problems with social interaction and dominating, stereotyped behaviors and interests, have been increasing at a dramatic rate of 15% per year every year for the last 20 years! ASDs now affect 1 out...
Dr. Solomon and The PLAY Project Featured on NPR’s All Things Considered!
Dr. Solomon recently had the wonderful opportunity to speak about autism and The PLAY Project with All Things Considered’s Jennifer White for a story called ‘Understanding Autism.’ You can read the story and listen to the full segment here.
Welcome to The PLAY Project Blog!
Hello and welcome to The PLAY Project blog! This blog will act as a space to keep you up-to-date and informed about current autism research and events, about autism in the news, about The PLAY Project happenings, and about other autism and PLAY Project-related issues and updates. 2012 has been an exciting year so far...