Autism/PDD – The News You Need This Week (10/24/11)

Autism/PDD – The News You Need This Week

Andrea Richardson of Thriving with Autism did an interesting interview with Matthew Lehman of Able Pathways talking about Applied Behavioral Analysis. Here’s the post with the interview links.

Many of us have an “elevator speech” to quickly tell people about our business. Here are some great tips to develop one to help people understand what is happening with your child – Tips for those Looking to Understand.

There are a ton of apps available to help people with a wide range of Disabilities and it can be a bit overwhelming to try and find the ones that will help your Family Member. On Squidalicious, Leo uses iPad apps a lot. This post has links to a lot of resources and articles about Leo and his iPad and information on iPad apps – Squidalicious on iPad Apps.

There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about the relationship between low birth weight in newborns and Autism. The best article I’ve seen is this one on Left Brain Right Brain - Autism Risk and low birth weight newborns

If you have found any great resources, please share them in the Comments Section.

 

 

Best Practice Autism: Social Stories: An Emerging and Effective Intervention for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

I just saw this post this morning and was reminded how much social stories helped Matthew when he was young. If you aren’t familiar with social stories, please check this out:

Best Practice Autism: Social Stories: An Emerging and Effective Intervention for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

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