Mindy Basara

2 days ago | wbaltv.com | Mindy Basara

AFTERNOON’S MEDICAL ALERT. 70% OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM HAVE CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, MOST OF WHICH ARE BEHAVIORAL. AT TIMES, THESE CHALLENGES CAN ESCALATE INTO A CRISIS WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS TO THE CAREGIVER. SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY, OR THE CHILD. WE SEE MEDIA REPORTS WHERE THERE’S DEADLY INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE OFFICERS, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE RARE. MORE COMMON INSTANCES WHERE CHILDREN END UP IN PLACES LIKE EMERGENCY ROOMS. THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS NOT DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM.

1 week ago | kesq.com | Mindy Basara

By Mindy BasaraClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE ( WBAL) - Traci Davies sensed there was something wrong with her son the moment he was born. "They had to suction his lungs, and I just kept thinking, 'This is my second baby, I don't think this is normal.' And they were like, 'It's OK, it's all normal. You'll be fine when he gets home.' It wasn't fine," Davies said. "He was sick all the time."Ben Davies had 20 ear infections by the time he was 6 months old.

1 week ago | en.pressbee.net | Mindy Basara

By Mindy Basara Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Traci Davies sensed there was something wrong with her son the moment he was born. “They had to suction his lungs, and I just kept thinking, ‘This is my second baby, I don’t think this is normal.’ And they were like, ‘It’s OK, it’s all normal. You’ll be fine when he gets home.’ It wasn’t fine,” Davies said. “He was sick all the time.” Ben Davies had 20 ear infections by the time he was 6 months old.

1 week ago | wbaltv.com | Mindy Basara

TRACY DAVIES SENSED THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER SON, BEN. THE MOMENT HE WAS BORN. HOW THEY HAD TO SUCTION HIS LUNGS. AND I JUST KEPT THINKING, THIS IS MY SECOND BABY, BUT I DON’T THINK THIS IS NORMAL. AND THEY’RE LIKE, IT’S OKAY. IT’S ALL NORMAL. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU’LL BE FINE ONCE HE GETS HOME. AND HE WASN’T FINE. HE WAS SICK ALL THE TIME. BEN HAD 20 EAR INFECTIONS BY THE TIME HE WAS SIX MONTHS OLD.

3 weeks ago | wbaltv.com | Mindy Basara

Long-term stress negatively impacts not just a person's mental well-being, but also physical health. "It really can affect every organ system in our body — the respiratory system, the digestive system, the cardiovascular system. I think a lot of people are very aware of the connection between stress and heart disease, for example.