There is more than one type of autism. Even though most people in society know only the umbrella terminology for the disability, it should be known that there are all types of autism, in fact that various degrees are a part of a spectrum. No one individual experiences autism in the same exact way. It [...]

In the movie, Adam is portrayed as having Aspergers Syndrome. He is college educated and is self aware of his challenges. Many people associate autism with savant gifts, such as counting cards (as in Rain Man). This is more atypical than most people know, but in the movie Adam’s gift is that of astronomy. My [...]

So Autism what is it?…. Autism is a developmental disability of the brain; autism is not a form of mental retardation. The word autism can refer to several similar disabilities, like Autistic Disorder, Aspergers Syndrome, also Atypical Autism (a type of Pervasive Developmental Disorder, not otherwise specified) etc.. There are differences between these conditions, but [...]

What is school Autism training? It is the approach that a school of any kind will use to educate its teaching staff, classroom support staff, and even its administration about the best approaches to educating students with ASD. ASD is short for Autism Spectrum Disorders and it can mean a lot of different things. For [...]

There’s fallacy stating that females don’t get Aspergers. The truth is that both the male and female can possibly have Asperger Syndrome. As we all know, Asperger Syndrome has an effect on individual’s behavior, personality and the way they interact with other people. According to research, the males are most likely to have Asperger Syndrome [...]

Pediatric Autism Autism is the a large amount of classical transaction according to the cluster of autism spectrum diseases, including the Asperger syndrome, the Rett syndrome, the Childhood disintegrative disorder and the pervasive developmental disorder. Pediatric Autism The most fundamental and frequent parts of autism are impaired social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication difficulties, repetitive [...]

Children with Asperger syndrome are capable of coping with their condition and they are likely to grow up to be independent and resembling to a normal adult. However, most of them will continue to show slight disturbances in social interactions, like difficulty of using non-verbal behaviors in social interaction. Their eye contact and facial expressions [...]

When a child in the family is suspected to have an Asperger Syndrome, every family member will experience emotional changes like worry, fear and concern. There are ways to help a child with Asperger Syndrome to cope with their daily life. First, the family must be knowledgeable with the signs and symptoms of Asperger Syndrome. [...]

<!– @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> You have spent countless hours on the web, in the library, support groups, talking to doctors, therapists, friends, family, strangers if need be; and yet, for some reason, you haven’t found what you are looking for. You haven’t found a place or a [...]

Introduction Working in the field of autism for many years, it has continually surprised me that many practitioners and carers had not fully considered the impact of the environment on people on the autism spectrum. Some had thought the only sensory difficulty in autism was hypersensitivity to noise. Other professionals such as teachers or occupational [...]