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Tapping Your Strengths for Autism Services Advocacy
…etc. These barriers reduce access to services and are the people being thrown into the river. Let’s examine the example of provider staff turnover. As a barrier to access to…
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Helping Children with Autism Fall Asleep and Stay Asleep Without Medication
…(e.g., compliance results in getting to stay up longer, reading a longer book or more books, having an extra snack, additional stickers or tokens, etc.). Finally, it is helpful to…
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A Support Group for Parents of Tween Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder
…even greater – 7:1 (Skuse & Mandy 2015). One consequence of this gender imbalance is that parents of girls with ASD often find themselves without a supportive community. Girls with…
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Fostering Successful Social Skill Development in Young Adulthood
…learning and practice for everyone. Though it would be nice, we don’t turn twenty-one having fully mastered all the social interaction, communication, and problem-solving skills we will use throughout adulthood….
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Key Issues in Therapy with Adults with Aspergerโs
…challenges get compounded when a person has AS, and this must be understood and addressed in therapy. Secondly, all people with AS, like all people in general, are different from…
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What Parents Should Consider When Evaluating School Programs for their Child with Autism
…toys, a computer, a book, etc.). Ideally, students should be engaged at least 80% of the time. Parents should also carefully note the number of learning opportunities for communication and…
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Neurodiversity – The New Normal
…his book, Neurodiversity in the Classroom, Thomas Armstrong likens neurodiversity to cultural diversity and biodiversity. He uses the example of the variations in skin color as an example, stating that…
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Autism, Neurodiversity and Employment: Working Together for Positive Futures
…approaches and identifies neurodiversity and employment. The antiquated recruitment model segregates and excludes diversity in thought and expression. Competent communication skills, and, more specifically, that of verbal language skills, is…
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My First Employment Experience Working for Autism Spectrum News
…News. After completing the internship, I was fortunate to be offered a contracted position with Mental Health News Education doing similar work but now for the company’s other publication, Behavioral…
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Social Interventions: The Importance of Considering Program Design and Instructional Methods
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are categorized by deficits in social interaction and communication (Jordan & Powell, 1995). With scaffolded supports and structured practice in natural settings, individuals diagnosed with ASD…
