Autism Education: What More Do School Districts and Parents Need to Do?

• By: Lee Englander WJCS Autism Center
• January 1st, 2021
• communication, diagnosis, education, educational eligibility, IEP, mainstreaming, occupational therapy, parents, peer modeling, school, winter 2021 issue
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If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a country to provide lifelong supports for someone with autism. Parents, school districts, and local, state and federal governments need to collaborate to ensure that individuals on the autism spectrum are provided with programs designed to meet...

Supporting Grandparents of Children with ASD – The Story of a Grandmother’s Adult Daughter and Her 12-Year-Old Autistic Grandchild

• By: Bonnie Graham, LMSW WJCS Autism Center
• July 1st, 2010
• caregivers, family, grandparents, grief, summer 2010 issue, support groups
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Early on, doctors had given them little hope, announcing that her granddaughter would never talk, play with others, or make eye contact. She proudly tells the member of the Grandparents Support Group of children on the autistic spectrum that, although her granddaughter struggles, she is now in a...