November 2009 - Autism Blogger - The Network of Care

Hi everyone

My nine year old son was dx'd at age 3 with autism. He is doiing very well now, im so thankful and feel very fortunate. He's in third grade, inclusion classroom all day, just gets pulled out for speech and adaptive phys. ed. He still has speech...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 9:02 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Young Talent

My friend Craig posted a hilarious blog in which he shared pictures of a “book” he wrote when he was 9. Craig had his first book published by a publisher this month, so it was really neat to journey back in time to view this young literary prodigy at...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 11:05 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Inspirational Stories

Hitting the Wall with Behavioral Interventions

So, David will be 6 in December. Again, he has moderate Autism with mild retardation and his sister has PDD-NOS. They are both in kindergarten. David has three behaviorists. The school behaviorist - Well, we haven't really seen much from the school...

Published Sat, Nov 14 2009 9:21 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Developing Requesting Skills in Your Child with Autism: Beyond Imitating..

by: Amy Shymansky Many times as young children with autism develop language they develop an ability to imitate language from others to assist in getting their needs met. What a great success to reach this milestone! Sometimes after language imitation...

Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 12:40 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Ideas

Feedback on Special Needs Parent Handbook

My name is Jon Singer and I just joined the group. My daughter Rebecca is 13 and has a rare genetic disorder that causes autistic tendencies. I have posted excerpts from my soon to be published Special Needs Parent Handbook on and would appreciate any...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:49 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Resources

Gets worse and worse...

So, follow-up on my last entry. After trying all other forms of positive / negative reinforcement we could think of, and using a behavior plan consistently without success, we finally decided to go with the Kaiser behaviorist's recommendation of spanking...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 9:44 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Follow-Up to Getting Worse and Worse

Well, since Monday's fiasco, things haven't been great, but we've calmed down a little. Since Monday night, David has not repeated the behavior of very lightly hitting us and then "spanking himself". He has not been aggressive since...

Published Wed, Nov 18 2009 3:06 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

maripalooza

Hi everyone. We had a great time at the Triangle walk/run last month. We now look forward to seeing new faces at the Maipalooza on the 8th of November. It is put on by Mariposa school for children with autism in Cary, NC. If you are able, come down and...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2009 7:24 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism News

Autism-One Explaination

Five categories of functioning for human beings include socialization, motor skills, reasoning, emotion and independence. Persons with autism often lack the socialization skills to easily form bonds with others. Their emotions are often self directed...

Published Mon, Nov 30 2009 6:44 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Care

PLAYABILITY TOYS (toys for autism and other special needs) IS SELECTED AS GRUBB & ELLIS EMERGENT ENTREPRENEUR OF 2009

TUCSON, AZ (November 18, 2009)— The first-ever Grubb & Ellis Emergent Entrepreneur Award was presented to Tucson-based PlayAbility Toys (a company specializing in the design of toys for autism and other special needs) at IdeaFunding 2009, an annual...

Published Sat, Nov 21 2009 7:18 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Resources

Love And Firmness

____ Autistic individuals need to be told that they are loved. Express your love consistently. ____ Keep tasks simple. Too much stimulus will lead to a breakdown. ____ Keep all tasks easy to accomplish.Small succesfull steps allows the confidence needed...

Published Tue, Nov 24 2009 1:22 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

MMO sports game

Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy games , also known as "MMORTS", combine real-time strategy (RTS) with a persistent world. MMOFPS is an online gaming genre which features a persistent world and a large number of simultaneous players...

Published Tue, Nov 24 2009 11:54 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Books

MoodSwings Amplified

The mood swings of a person with autism tends to be disproportionately higher than the general population. Care must be taken to diffuse a quick build up of tension, before it gets out of hand. This allows for the opportunity to redirect this energy into...

Published Fri, Nov 27 2009 12:29 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Care

If Only People Could Understand What Children with Autism Want

If Only People Could Understand What Children with Autism Want I get many questions from people who are frustrated. They are dealing with behavior problems that are not easy for them to solve. Here’s the question I ask. “Why do you think he does that...

Published Mon, Nov 30 2009 7:40 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Experience

Thicker Than Water

This morning’s argument is brought to you by the toilet. It started when I asked Alex to bring me a new roll of toilet paper from the linen closet, which is where we keep our toilet paper because the closet is handy to one of our two bathrooms...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 2:31 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

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