A few weeks ago, the staff of the Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) treatment center created a link on their newsletter to my About.com site. A number of people took RDI up on their offer to answer reader questions on this site. I've forwarded those questions on to the folks at RDI; here is a message that Hannah Gutstein (Dr. Steven Gutstein's daughter and publicity director at RDI) asked me to post:

"Due to the time constraints on Dr. Gutstein and Dr. Sheely’s schedules, they will not be able to personally answer questions placed on these message boards. They are both flattered and excited by the amount of response that has been generated in such a short amount of time. Please know that both Dr. Gutstein and Dr. Sheely hold pre-scheduled live public chats every Tuesday at 8pm (CST) where they welcome people both familiar and unfamiliar with RDI.

If you have any questions please visit us at RDI Connect or contact me directly at hgutstein@rdiconnect.com. Many thanks for all of your interest and support. "

While I wish it were possible for the Gutsteins to reply directly to your questions, I was able to interview Dr. Gutstein -- and will be shortly posting a full article on the RDI therapeutic approach to autism intervention.