It can also be very helpful to observe your child's behaviors and try to determine what events are most likely to trigger elopement or attract your child away from the safety of their home. If you can eliminate some of those triggers (loud noises,certain clothes), you can significantly red...
With greater awareness of autism, Goring said, the tide has been turning, and judgment may be becoming less common. Recently, she assisted in making a reality show where a child actor behaved distraught in a restaurant, much as a child with autism would act, and a candid camera captured by...
Along with his mother, 6-year-old brother, Joe, and father, Brent, Jack belongs to a music-loving family and tunes are often playing at home and in the car. Jack sings often, Robbins said, making irregular noises in a “sing-songy” way. Last week, the family noticed something unusua...
The researcher needs to foster both chosen communication methods and comfort requirements in whatever way possible (Detheridge, 2002) because an autistic child or young person is much more able in an environment that they are familiar with, where they feel a part, and when they have their ...
I mentioned inAn Autistic Education, about the fallacy of parents repeatedly sending their children into school, making the same mistake over and over again, watching their child crumble before their eyes, yet unable to break the cycle even though they can see what is happening to them: ...
I can understand Dani being upset about her parents divorcing. No child deserves to go through that kind of pain. But going through a hard time does not give someone a free pass to treat others badly. Also, there’s a fine line between taking your hurt feelings out on the closest person...
Now, let's say you punish a child for bad behaviour, that's a problem, the child doesn't want to be punished, so the mind creates a solution, don't perform that behaviour again, imprinting at its basics. Now, we all know that children take over the morals of the society that they...
“Teach your child to advocate for themselves. Show them how. Encourage them.” Another wrote, “Give them a way (to communicate) Don’t wait for speech to come.” A number of respondents urged parents to take their child to a qualified RPM provider and many others simply wrote, “Learn...
Some children on the spectrum like the patterns and rhythms of music or chants, and they can benefit from learning content in song form. Making music or singing along with their peers gives the child with ASD a part to play which is predictable and easy to complete yet simultaneously creative...
From the perspective of a parent of a child who has High Function Autism, I believe that you described these wonderfully. I very often find myself describing the way my son perceives things (based on his observations). It is amazing to me that so many people do not understand what Autism...