This section should provide some interesting reading for you. Topics can include healthcare, insurance, current information about interventions, and other key issues. The articles will try to reflect current events as well as the study and legislation of Autism in this country and around the world. I hope you find them useful.

Josh Kahn Consulting in the Media

• Introductory piece for the April '10 issue of the Kindtree - Autism Rocks newsletter.
  Josh Kahn Consulting and RDI.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles about RDI

• "Empowering families through Relationship Development Intervention: An important part of the biopsychosocial management of autism spectrum disorders" is a 2009 peer-reviewed journal article that summarizes the intervention overall, discussing its principles and components.
  2009 Article by Dr. Gutstein From Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, volume 21(3) 174-182.
• "Evaluation of the Relationship Development Intervention" is a 2007 peer-reviewed journal article that discusses a study done by the developers on RDI outcomes and effectiveness.
  2007 Study From Autism, volume 11(5) 397-411.
• Book Review by Vicky Slonims of Guy's Hospital, London. She reviews the 2002 book, Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD, and NLD by Steven E. Gutstein and Rachelle K. Sheely.
  Book Review From Autism, volume 8(1) 114-120.

Cognitive Rehab

• Remedial reading programs have shown that the brain can re-wire itself with the use of cognitive rehabilitation.
  Reading Remediation's lessons for Autism. From US News and World Report.
  
• Discussion regarding 6 claims made about ABA.
  Is ABA the only way? From Brown University, Barry Prizant, PhD., CCC-SLP
  
• Training episodic memory is a foundational concept in RDI and cognitive rehab.
  Episodic Memory and Children with ASD. From Boston Autism and Parenting Center, Linda Murphy.

Toxins

• Good description of the debate surrounding toxins as one of the many possible causes of Autism.
  Do Toxins Cause Autism? From NYTimes, Nicholas Kristof.

Alternative Treatments

• The Chicago Tribune Watchdog series has been following several different issues connected to Autism. They put out 1 story every month or so. This article addresses chelation, DAN!, and other therapies. I found there were some interesting bits of reporting.
  Autism Treatments: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science. From Chicago Tribune, Trine Tsouderos and Patricia Callahan.
  The entire Tribune Watchdog autism series.