There’s nothing that hurts parents more than when our child is in pain. When they’re small, we can try to safeguard them with cushioned corners when they’re learning to walk, helmets and elbow pads for young bikers and skateboarders, and of course car seats and safety belts everywhere we go. But [More...]
AUTISM AND HEALTH CARE NEEDS
FOR PROFESSIONALS February, National Heart Awareness Month, is a good time for medical professionals to take a look at supporting autistic adults in maintaining healthy hearts. But how easy is that? Many physicians specialize in their own particular field, and a cardiologist does not necessarily [More...]
The Necessity of Special Interests for People on the Spectrum
Thøger Kari Hass wrote an article titled, “The Necessity of Special Interests for Me as a Person on the Autism Spectrum” for The Mighty. In it, he described how, for him, special interests differ from hobbies. For example, if he is engaging in a hobby, and something else comes up, or changes, or he [More...]
FOR PROFESSIONALS:
Your Autistic Student’s Specialized Interest: Don’t Lose it, Use it. Some professionals have tried to put on extinction, or eliminate, an autistic student’s “obsessions” or specialized interests. Perhaps they believed that the interest interfered with learning. Maybe they feared it might lead [More...]
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