What can your child do? As a therapist working with individuals who have autism, I hear about the things they can’t do quite frequently. From the time of diagnosis on and sometimes before diagnosis, parents are told everything their child can’t do. What most people forget is that at some point they couldn’t do most
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This is an interesting article. Especially if you’ve ever noticed a difference between boys on the spectrum and girls on the spectrum. How Autism Is Different in Girls vs. Boys – WSJ.com.
This is a really cool series the BBC is doing about Autism. There’s a lot to learn here. I found Rosie’s mention of assigning feelings to inanimate objects particularly interesting. I wonder how many meltdowns could be avoided if we were more considerate of this with regard to kids on the spectrum. Obviously no two
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