By Sara Powell, Attorney & David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Quest Alliance, a day care center for special needs children located in Phoenix, Arizona, is charged with negligence for the second time after 6-year-old Tanner was left in a hot van, in the middle of the…
By Kevin Leach, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In Virginia, families of children with autism had succeeded in getting a new bill into the House that would have required many health insurance providers to cover a treatment called “applied behavioral analysis.” But businesses and…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Oxytocin has long been called the “love hormone,” primarily because it is released at childbirth and during sex to aid in human bonding. It is now being used in the United States in a trial on young people with Autism…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network The Saulk Institute for Biological Studies has released a new research report that promises to shed light on both Autism and ADD. It looks at how the mind moves its attention from one thing to another. In the report, researchers…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network According to the U.S. Defense Department, around 220,000 service members have dependents with Special Needs. But tending to a Special Needs child can be very difficult for military families. Every time the family is transferred to a different school district,…
By David M. Baum, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network An Illinois Court of Appeals recently upheld the right of an Autistic child, Carter Kalbfleisch, to bring his service dog to school. The court upheld an earlier ruling by the Monroe County Court that allowed…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Autistic children can be hard to control, especially out in public where they may try to run away – sometimes into a busy street. While it is important for an Autistic child’s development to go out in public, parents will…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Chelation is perhaps the best know “alternative” therapy for Autism. Defeat Autism Now, an influential Autism advocacy group, calls the treatment “one of the most beneficial treatments for autism and related disorders.” Parents eagerly trade Chelation success stories on websites…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A study released by the University of Washington has shown that an intensive intervention program designed for toddlers with Autism, called the “Early Start Denver Model” can actually improve their IQ, language and social skills. Some of the children involved…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network This past February, the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC handed down decisions in three test cases concerning childhood vaccinations and Autism. Their ruling was that vaccines, specifically the MMR vaccine and any vaccine with Mercury-based Thimerosal…