Dr. Christina Madison, Founder and CEO of The Public Health Pharmacist ®, PLLC a public health consulting firm, returns to The Pharmacist's Voice Podcast today for a different kind of an interview. April is Autism Awareness Month (or Autism Acceptance Month). Christina and I each have a son with autism, and we use our voices as advocates for our children. Christina's son Alex turned 6 just a few days ago, and my son Kraig is 19.

Thank you for listening to episode 146 of The Pharmacist's Voice ® Podcast!

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Mentioned in this episode

The Pharmacist's Voice Podcast Episode 118 featuring Dr. Christina Madison

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drchristinamadisonthepublichealthpharmacist

Website: ThePublicHealthPharmacist

Email: [email protected]

Instagram/Facebook: @ThePublicHealthPharmacist

Twitter: @PublicHealthRx

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWONXNCvgTJE-FE2aWbxZzA?view_as=subscriber Podcast (part of the Pharmacist Podcast Network): https://pharmacypodcast.com/podcast/public-health-pharmacist/

Lovaas Center

Autism Speaks https://www.autismspeaks.org

The Autism Society https://autismsociety.org

And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.gov)

Time Magazine article about Andrew Wakefield's Vaccine-Autism Myth

Therapeutic interventions mentioned

• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
• Art therapy
• Early Intervention (also known as Help Me Grow) for age 0-3 years.
• Feeding therapy (Desensitization therapy treats oral aversions)
• Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for Preschool through Grade 12 (US)
• Occupational Therapy (OT)
• Physical Therapy (PT)
• PLAY therapy
• Speech therapy

Terms mentioned (in addition to therapies)

• Breathing exercises
• Calming behaviors (coping behaviors, self-soothing behaviors)
• Child psychiatrist
• Child psychologist
• Developmental pediatrician
• Diagnosis
• Echolalia
• Expressive language delay
• Gaps in development
• Imagination
• Inability to bond
• Limited diet
• Medicaid
• Meditation
• Milestones (developmental milestones)
• Mindfulness
• Modeling behavior
• No eye contact
• Pediatrician
• Pediatric neurologist
• Person with autism (person-first language)
• Receptive language delay
• Repetitive behaviors
• Resource lists
• Sensory-integration dysfunction
• Social-emotional development
• Social skills
• Typical peer