Editor’s note: Autism Awareness month is becoming a call to action from the autism and neurodivergent communities for change from the rest of society. In this edited excerpt from their upcoming book with Different Roads, co-authors Shahla Ala’i-Rosales and Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe offer a specific...
Jonah still has no adult program plan, and I don’t want to talk about that. The early morning fear is still there, but I don’t want to talk about that either. I distract myself doing things with friends, with crafts, with cleaning, with word games and puzzles, with tv shows an...
Increasing public awareness and dedicating the month to autism awareness has its positive and negative poles. “Honestly, I think public awareness of autism has improved in the past few years,” Martin said. Spreading information, has “steered the public from the whole ‘Rain Man’ perspective o...
So I want to do an informal, anecdotal survey. My personal experience tells me that ABA has been a source of suffering for a lot of nonspeakers- though perhaps others with different symptoms may be helped by the flashcards, the baby talk, and the “touch your nose,” BS. But for me,...
this is our community health fair and carnival each year for special needs children and their siblings. This events provides children and teens with autism an opportunity to interact in a safe environment with the assistance of trained therapists. All the kids play games, do arts and crafts. ...
They are generously offering app sales during April as part of Autism Acceptance & Awareness Month. These same app developers often offer sales at other times of the year and there are no rules saying your child has to have this diagnosis to get the app on sale. . Please be mindful and ...
we also strive to think of creative leisure activities, such as dance or karaoke parties, Bingo nights, movie nights, baking, and arts and crafts. Having an enthusiastic and supportive approach, as well as using preferred reinforcers, helps to engage our residents in these activities and increas...