Slow Down When You Communicate

Here is another post about something you, as a parent could do that would help your child learn new communication skills faster than anything a Speech & Language Pathologist could do in a weekly therapy sessions. Slow Down when you communicate.

 

Benefits of Speech Therapy for Autism

Autism is a developmental disability that usually shows up before age 3. Autism may be linked with a wide range of traits. These include:

 

Parent Tips: Explaining Autism Using Everyday Examples

We’ve all been there. The glaring stares of others as our children react by melting down from sensory overload, or race to the kitchen to explore the inner workings at a restaurant, or repeatedly jump up with excitement when everyone else is sitting quietly. So how do we explain autism to someone who doesn’t understand, has never had close experience with someone with autism, or who hasn’t yet learned that autism is a broad spectrum disorder? Here are some everyday examples to help people understand autism using familiar frameworks.

 

Merokok Selama Kehamilan Berpotensi Anak Autis

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Jakarta, Wanita yang merokok selama kehamilan cenderung melahirkan bayi yang menderita salah satu jenis autisme yaitu gangguan Asperger.

“Autisme adalah istilah umum untuk beberapa jenis gangguan yang merusak kemampuan sosial dan komunikasi,” ungkap Amy Kalkbrenner, asisten profesor di University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health dan ketua tim peneliti.

“Apa yang kami lihat adalah beberapa gangguan pada spektrum autisme bisa jadi dipengaruhi oleh faktor seperti apakah seorang ibu merokok selama kehamilan.”

 

Summary Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

by Daniel Tammet (Goodreads Author)

One of the world’s fifty living autistic savants is the first and only to tell his compelling and inspiring life story – and explain how his incredible mind works.