Indeed, many parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) echo this sentiment concerning their child's social functioning. They know that their child has many wonderful qualities to offer others, but the nature of their disability, or more precisely, their poor social skills, often pr...
This is an on-going class on social skills. We will work on making friends, problem-solving, self-control, communication, listening, cooperation, and much
Making sense of autism. (cover story)Insufficient mental health support for children with autism is holding back their recovery, writes Elizabeth Lynch INSET: Practical tips for working with children who have autism.LynchElizabethAUTHORNursing Standard...
The school year brings more time with friends and with that comes invitations to birthday parties and requests for play dates and sleepovers. My kids haven’t had sleepovers with their friends yet but I know that is coming soon now that they are in 2nd and 3rd grade. Lucas would be so ...
Here is Sarah’s story: I found out about Neighborhood Parents Network’s New Moms Groups from a girlfriend just before the birth of my first son in 2007, and it became my lifeline in the early days of parenting. I underestimated the value of having friends who have babies who are at...
Half a century of research into inoculation theory has found that the way to neutralise misinformation is to expose people to a weak form of the misinformation. The way to achieve this is to explain the fallacy employed by the myth. Once people understand the techniques used to distort the sc...
“There are so many social things and unwritten rules. ‘Well why do you do that? That doesn’t make sense.” Related:Fight for autism diagnosis arduous for adults in BC For the next three years he worked with a therapist who helped him understand social interactions and gave him strategies...
Researchers have found that children with autism spectrum disorders are more responsive to social feedback when it is provided by technological means, rather than a human,’ said Prof. Vanderborght. Source: Horizon MagazineMeet Pineapple, NKU’s newest artificial intelligence October 22, 2015PPL Pin...
a mother of a child with autism/autism identity/identity/parenting/responding to autism diagnosis 01 Oct What Happened Next In real life we’re now in the second week of the holidays preceding Term 4, while my story here in this blog is still stuck at lunchtime on the first day of Term...
was a large of his past and his original inspiration for the art of Making Camp Navajo. Arviso, along with art as therapy, has plans to do more projects with his son, who has autism. “Autistic kids have no reason to be ashamed of who they are,” he said. “I want to create mean...