About
Welcome to the American Autism Society
Mr. Rodenstein, CEO and president has an M.S. Degree in Engineering. He has worked in the Autism field for over 25 years. He has a son who was diagnosed, first at 18 months with PDD-NOS and then at age 2 with ASD. Mr. Rodenstein home schooled his son until age 15. His son is now 29 years of age and still developing. The probability of developing Autism, when Larry’s son did, was 1 in 10,000, .01%. The probability of developing Autism today is 1 in 44 or .023 % therefore in the past 27 years the development of Autism has more than doubled (2.3 x’s). Mr. Rodenstein believes that a good deal of this increase is due to the Psychotropic medications that the Doctors are prescribing and feels that more herbal remedies and holistic health practices would greatly benefit our future gene pool and reduce the impact on our children, families, human services and the medical community.
Mr. Rodenstein has worked with the following people and organizations during the past 25 plus years.
- The May Institute, Randolph, MA- Dr. Tom Ellis, Phd Psychology- Tom was the ABA program director. Ms. Bridget McAffrey, M.S. Education- Bridget was a Therapist
- Dr. Frank Robbins, Phd Education- Frank had 10 years of ABA experience. Belchertown, MA
- Dr. Alan Schnee, Phd Clinical Psychologist, BCBA-D, Nexus Autism Intervention Services- Alan had 5 years working in the Autism field. He worked with people associated with the UCLA Young Autism project, under Dr. Ivor Lovaas.
- The Autism Partnership (TAP) – Consultants to home ABA programs Ms. Kim Bowman, TAP Consultant, M.S. SLP -Kim had 25 years of experience working with children with Autism.
- NECCA (now NECC), Southborough, MA – Private School educating children with Autism- 1 year of experience working with them
- Ms. Leslie Deutchman, M.S. Special Education, Apex Behavioral Consulting- Leslie had 25 years of experience working with special education students.
- Dr. Bernard Rimland, – Director of the Autism Research Institute (ARI), CA
- Ms. Sally Brockett, Auditory Integration Training (AIT)
The above people and organizations have provided Mr. Rodenstein with an extremely broad-based foundation of understanding and knowledge in the field of Autism.