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Mechanical Bull Pens

I walked into the middle of this conversation last night, I don't know what started it, but here is where I come in: Faith: What kinda store do you buy a mechanical bull from? Me: I'd probably look for one on the In…
Being Complacent in Communication

An easy trap to fall in and we all do it. When our children have high levels of support and thrive staff can become complacent (and of course funding issues can play a part) support is reduced and then people wonder…
Neurotherapy as a Treatment For Autism

From: Dr. Chun Wong Canadian neurotherapist Paul Swingle will be the first to admit that his methods of treatment for Autism are often criticized. Many claim that there are no dependable studies that prove his neurothe…
Facilitated Communication - A Controversy

From: Dr. Chun Wong A few weeks ago, we took a look at Carly, a young girl who has Autism. She is non-verbal however she independently communicates via keyboard to her family, friends, Twitter Followers and Facebook Fr…
Disclipine: "I'm Just Sayin"

To quote my beautiful Aspergian daughter, Chrissy,“I’m just sayin.” Scott and I found ourselves in a comment “shoot out” on Facebook over the past few days. While neither one of our blood pressures ever was raised abov…
What I have learned from people with autism

I would like to give public appreciation to the people with autism who have taught me some of the most useful lessons of my life. Here’s what I’ve learned (so far) from the people I know on the autism spectrum: 1.Cl…
The Voice of Autism

From: Dr. Chun Wong Every time I watch the scene from Rain Man when Dustin Hoffmann’s Autistic character, Raymond has a meltdown, I cannot help but to feel sorry for his new-found brother and caretaker, Charlie (played…
Newborns & Children with Autism

Newborns and Children with Autism are like human metaphors for why communication is so important in a relationship. Without dialogue there is a constant guessing game to understand what is going on with the other pers…
PECS and other Protocols

I have known about PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) for years now and have used it on a couple of occasions. This summer I finally had some good results. The sytem is supposed to fill the gap in communicati…