I can just imagine the conversation I would have had with my dad had he known what I was going to do with my daughter this past week. “Kev are you crazy, she’ll break her leg!” “Kevin, there are just some things that aren’t worth it!” Now honestly I don’t ...

My issue is that by not focusing on research to find the true causes (my actual belief is genetic/environmental combination with environmental likely being vaccine related) and treatments/cures as well as focusing on long term care for those who are no...

Repeatedly here in comments on this blog and elsewhere we have been told it is unethical to do a vaccinated/unvaccinated study and that it would be against the rules.   Well I went and found the rules and it seems there is an exception.   ...

Eight-year-old arrested in school for fifth time    Sometimes there are things done to special needs children in the US by authorities that make me want to hurl.   An 8 year old special education student from Orlando Florida is arres...

While it is questioned whether or not Daniel actually has autism due to his social ability this is still an incredible story of a savant that is typically only seen in a rare few individuals. While these rare few individuals are usually autistic, it is...

Today I posted an article titled “I Hate labels” over at 5 minutest for Special needs. I talk about testing for dyslexia and my experience and how it affected my self worth as a child. If your a parent dealing with learning issues please consider this unique perspective and try ...

Hello all, It’s been a while since I’ve posted but it’s the new year so I want to let you know my plans for this site over 2011. Many of you know I keep a few blogs including TheDADvocateProject.com, Metzgerbusiness.com and now RoadToThin.com and Kevin-Metzger.com. Technically Kevin-Metzger.com isn’t a blog ...

A major study was done over several years comparing the autism rates amongst women who were living near freeways during pregnancy versus those who were not.    What this particular study shows is a strong possibility of a link to high leve...

There was an interesting study result released by Johns Hopkins a couple of weeks ago.  This research was not directly related to autism but instead has tangential interest.   The study focused on mice which had a genetic sequence linked to...

“You can’t punish a child who is acting out because of sensory overload.” by Temple Grandin   Temple Grandin is a great model of what a fully autistic person can achieve and this statement is totally correct. However this statement is a...