How do you explain divorce to an autistic child?
It depends on how high functioning the child is and how old he or she is too. A child under the age of six isn’t going to understand it one way or the other; he or she is just too young. Over the age...
View ArticleWhy do autistic kids like Thomas the Train or any other train characters/toys?
Trains are inanimate objects that don’t usually talk. Thomas and friends or Chuggington and Pals do talk. They don’t have human faces but the voices resonate with children with autism because they...
View ArticleWhy do autistic children avoid eye contact?
Eye contact is a very personal and intimate thing. Children with autism are uncomfortable with this and will look at something other than the eyes even when they are looking at a person’s face....
View ArticleWhy do autistic kids stimulate?
Autistic kids self stimulate for two reasons. One, they are sensory deprived because so may things are irritating or annoying to them. They can’t stand sounds, tastes, sights, or sensations on their...
View ArticleWhy do many kids with autism flap their hands?
Kids with autism flap their hands for four reasons. The first is a form of self stimulation. The flapping applies pressure to the carpal tunnel nerves inside the wrists which in turn creates an...
View ArticleWhy do so many autistic kids cover their eyes/face/ears with their hands?
It depends. It isn’t just kids with autism that do this either, so it isn’t an “autistic phenomenon”. If there are things that are scary or just too visually overwhelming, they will cover their eyes....
View ArticleWhy do many kids with autism repeat/echo words and phrases?
This is actually a diagnostic criteria for autism called “echolalia”. Both verbal and non-verbal children may do it. It seems odd coming from a child that doesn’t speak otherwise because it’s obvious...
View ArticleWhy do many kids with autism not talk at all?
There is more than one reason why children with autism don’t talk at all. Their level of functioning may interfere with them obtaining the ability to speak. Or they have receptive language skills and...
View ArticleWhy do many kids with autism walk on their toes?
They don’t. This only applies to a very small number of children with autism. If parents and pediatricians have ruled out foot and ankle deformations, then the next approach is to look at how they...
View ArticleWhy do autistic kids slap or hit their own heads?
This behavior may be the one that terrifies parents the most. They are often worried about the child giving him or herself a concussion or brain damage. Repeated raps to the side of the head and face...
View ArticleIdeas on Dealing with General Education Teachers and Your Autistic Child
We live in a day and an age where most teachers who are churned out of the colleges and universities have been taught how to perceive children with special needs as they are mainstreamed into the...
View ArticleWhy Do So Many Blame Pediatric Shots for Autism?
About fifteen years ago, vaccinations were composed of the medicine and a saline solution. The saline solution contained a chemical known as thimerosal. It was thought to be quite safe because the...
View ArticleBe Your Child’s Advocate – Know Your Rights
As a parent of a child with autism, and especially a nonverbal child with autism, you have to speak up for your child. When he or she can’t speak, and everyone else around him or her is staring and...
View ArticleMainstreaming vs. Separation Classrooms
Separating children from regular classrooms and placing them all day in special needs classrooms, is, for the most part, passé. Children with autism, especially those that are mid to high functioning,...
View ArticleSocial Skills and Peers – Teaching the “Grey Area” to Your Autistic Child
Social skills are perhaps the most difficult area for any child with autism. Even the ones who are really high functioning are often diagnosed as having autism because this is the one defining trait...
View Article“Discover” The Latest On Autism Research
It’s always exciting to hear about the different kinds of research conducted for medicine and disorders, including and especially for, autism. In October’s issue of Discover magazine, an article...
View ArticleWeighted Therapy Devices For Autism: What They Are, What They Do, And How...
Children with autism have trouble with touch and sensation. Their nerves do not respond in the same way as other people’s and subsequently a lot of special devices have been created to help them in...
View ArticleWhy You Should Earn a Certificate in Behavioral Intervention & Autism
This certification program in most states requires that the student already have a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Teaching, counseling , special education, etc., are all examples of the types...
View ArticleTongue Acupuncture And Autism
Parents who have children with autism will go to strange lengths sometimes to help their children out of behavioral problems. Acupuncture is definitely one of them, because most autistic kids aren’t...
View ArticleScalp Acupuncture And Autism
It has been proven that scalp massage effects the dispersement of endorphins in the brain. Women and men alike receive pleasurable stimulations when the scalp is rubbed rotationally from the temples...
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