Your Roadmap to Support: A Parent’s Guide to SSI, DDD, and the Disability Safety Net

by Laura McKenna The holidays and the Winter Break can be challenging for many children with autism. Managing the long break from school routines, crowded family functions, and high social expectations is not easy for them. If the child is unhappy, so are the parents. Events might not go exactly as planned. The best present…

by Melina DosSantos-Falquez, MA, BCBA For autistic tweens and teens, learning does not stop when the school day ends, and it does not only happen in classrooms or therapy rooms. Many of the most meaningful opportunities for growth occur during everyday enrichment activities: games, creative projects, movement, group challenges, and shared interests often found in…

There’s been much in the news and on social media about a new “miracle drug” that purports to “cure autism.” So, what’s the truth behind leucovorin? What’s the Cope Center’s position on this controversial treatment?  Since March 2025, high-dose folinic acid, also known as leucovorin, has been increasingly used to treat children with autism. Dr. Cope…

By Amy Zembriski, Owner, Speech Therapy Connections

As a pediatric neurologist, Dr. Jennifer Cope has diagnosed children with autism for nearly 25 years. While a professional who specializes in autism must make the final diagnosis, pediatricians, parents, and teachers should be on alert for certain signs of autism. Frequent signs of autism include:   If a child shows several of these autism signs, then Dr….