Preparing Your Child with Autism for The First Day of School: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) need routine, predictability, and a set schedule. After summer break, getting back into a school routine can be difficult for some children. Ron Ekstrand, President and COO of Life Skills, offers tips for easing children with ASD back into school:
Showing posts with label Autism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autism. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
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What Genius and Autism Have in Common | Healthland | TIME.com
What Genius and Autism Have in Common | Healthland | TIME.com: Child prodigies evoke awe, wonder and sometimes jealousy: how can such young children display the kinds of musical or mathematical talents that most adults will never master, even with years of dedicated practice? Lucky for these despairing types, the prevailing wisdom suggests that such comparisons are unfair — prodigies are born, not made (mostly). Practice alone isn’t going to turn out the next 6-year-old Mozart.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Announcing the Autism Education Fund
Announcing the Autism Education Fund: Thanks to the immense support of the community, we are pleased to announce the establishment of the Autism Education Fund through the Community Foundation of the Dan River Region.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Big Board Traders Launch Fundraiser to Build School for Autistic Kids
Big Board Traders Launch Fundraiser to Build School for Autistic Kids:
Big Board traders in a few days will be doing something magical. They will be working to make life better for autistic children and children who have bi-polar disorders.
Big Board traders in a few days will be doing something magical. They will be working to make life better for autistic children and children who have bi-polar disorders.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Heated debate over autism -- Some worry definition change may cut services | The Post and Courier - Charleston, South Carolina
Heated debate over autism -- Some worry definition change may cut services | The Post and Courier -
Charleston, South Carolina
The autism community has been embroiled in a heated debate for the past few weeks over the proposal to dramatically change the criteria for autism diagnosis in the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The DSM-5, scheduled to be published in 2013, is the first revision since 1994.
Charleston, South Carolina
The autism community has been embroiled in a heated debate for the past few weeks over the proposal to dramatically change the criteria for autism diagnosis in the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The DSM-5, scheduled to be published in 2013, is the first revision since 1994.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Girl Says Autism Won't Stop Singing Career - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports
Girl Says Autism Won't Stop Singing Career - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It may be hard to believe at first, but Katie Chance didn't even speak until she was four years old.
"I think most of it is stress because I get very stressed if something doesn't go right," she said Tuesday night. "I really had to learn that if something goes wrong I have to deal with it and move on."
As a toddler, doctors diagnosed her with Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Fighting Autism — One Cupcake at a Time - Warren, NJ Patch
Fighting Autism — One Cupcake at a Time - Warren, NJ Patch:
At age 10, Mallory Banks, daughter of Warren Middle School teacher Gina Banks, has already become a leader in her community, eagerly working to raise money for a cause very near to her heart. In honor of Autism Awareness month, Mallory, a fourth grader at McGinn Elementary School in Scotch Plains and an Autism New Jersey Junior Ambassador, raised $1,700 by holding a bake sale on April 21 at Parker Gardens in Scotch Plains.
At age 10, Mallory Banks, daughter of Warren Middle School teacher Gina Banks, has already become a leader in her community, eagerly working to raise money for a cause very near to her heart. In honor of Autism Awareness month, Mallory, a fourth grader at McGinn Elementary School in Scotch Plains and an Autism New Jersey Junior Ambassador, raised $1,700 by holding a bake sale on April 21 at Parker Gardens in Scotch Plains.
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