Autism

How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger’s by Jennifer McIlwee Myers

January 6, 2011 17 comments

Title: How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger’s Author: Jennifer McIlwee Myers Length: 314 pages Genre: Nonfiction Publisher/Date: Future Horizons, 2010 Source: Review copy Why Life Skills? I have to admit, I might not have picked this book up on my own. When I first read the title, How to Teach [...]

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Liquid Zeolite at True Zeolite

January 4, 2011 1 comment

I first became aware of Liquid Zeolite in the fall of 2009 through a retired local pediatrician who had used it with several people and seen a good response in regards to health problems related to toxicity. He suggested that it may be helpful for some of the behavioral symptoms of children with autism who [...]

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Introducing Autism From the Lighter Side

December 31, 2010 1 comment

Life is such a process, isn’t it? And coming to terms with an autism diagnosis in your child can certainly be a long one, with lots of ups and downs along the journey. I was so fortunate to find a strong community of autism families in our local area when Michael was first diagnosed – [...]

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Venturing Into the World of iPad Apps for Autism

December 27, 2010 1 comment

We were so blessed this Christmas by my wonderful brother and sister-in-law, who sent us our very own Apple iPad. I have spent a bit of time yesterday and today playing around with it and mentioned that I am very interested to see what is out there that would be useful and fun for Michael. [...]

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Sunday Best – December 19, 2010

December 19, 2010 0 comments

Sunday Best is a collection of my favorite links from blogs I have read in the past week (or sometimes a bit more if I get behind!) Posts may range from thought-provoking or challenging to instructive or informational, with a dose of fun and light-heartedness thrown in occasionally for good measure. Tips for Reducing Christmas [...]

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Behavior Solutions for the Inclusive Classroom by Beth Burt & Peter Gennaro

December 18, 2010 3 comments

Title: Behavior Solutions for the Inclusive Classroom Author: Beth Aune, OTR/L, Beth Burt & Peter Gennaro Length: 151 pages Genre: Nonfiction Publisher/Date: Future Horizons, 2010 Source: Review copy See A Behavior, Look It Up Behavior Solutions for the Inclusive Classroom is a great new resource for teachers who are attempting to provide a positive learning [...]

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Nu Life Foods Taste Test

December 6, 2010 4 comments

For those of you with kids who are picky eaters, you know how hard it can be to introduce new foods (or even new brands of a food they like) into their diet. And if the child has food intolerances to ingredients such as gluten and casein, the task becomes doubly hard as you search [...]

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Autism & Asperger’s Conference with Dr. Tony Attwood, Part 4

November 22, 2010 0 comments

Welcome! This is Part 4 in a series related to the recent Future Horizons conference I attended with Dr. Tony Attwood speaking on Autism & Asperger’s. I apologize for the length of time between posts; the last week or so of my time and attention has been taken up by IEP team meetings at my [...]

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Autism & Asperger’s Conference with Dr. Tony Attwood, Part 3

November 8, 2010 6 comments

Welcome! This is Part 3 in a series related to the recent Future Horizons conference I attended with Dr. Tony Attwood speaking on Autism & Asperger’s. I know this is a lot of information in a relatively short period of time, but my hope is that you will find something you relate to or that [...]

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Sunday Best – November 7, 2010

November 7, 2010 6 comments

Sunday Best is a collection of my favorite links from blogs I have read in the past week (or sometimes a bit more if I get behind!) Posts may range from thought-provoking or challenging to instructive or informational, with a dose of fun and light-heartedness thrown in occasionally for good measure. Advocating 101: How to [...]

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Autism & Asperger’s Conference with Dr. Tony Attwood, Part 2

November 5, 2010 2 comments

Welcome! This is Part 2 in a series related to the recent Future Horizons conference I attended with Dr. Tony Attwood speaking on Autism & Asperger’s. I will be publishing these 2-3 times a week until I get through all of my notes. Part 1 covered the topics of Autistic Personality, Prevalence of ASDs and [...]

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Autism & Asperger’s Conference with Dr. Tony Attwood, Part 1

November 3, 2010 4 comments

It’s been two weeks since the Tony Attwood conference I attended courtesy of Future Horizons, and I have been thinking a lot about many of the things he shared. It was such a great day, and even though some of the information was quite familiar to me, there was so much more that I learned [...]

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