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The Sage Colleges to Offer Degree Designed for Students with Autism
Students with autism spectrum disorders are usually very fortunate in their K-12 education. Throughout the past few decades, knowledge about the disorders and pressure from the private and public sector has made it possible for a [...]
Play “Therapy”: Kansas State Graduate Student’s Autism-Friendly Schoolyard
Parents, teachers, and friends of children with autism see the challenges they experience every day. They know that environmental factors like light, sound, and crowds that would be ignored by neuro-typical children and adults can cause [...]
Childswork Supports Dee Snider & Friends As They Jam For Autism!
Childswork was out on the local Long Island scene last Thursday April 19th at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury to show our support for autism awareness and promote all the great things celebrities are doing to [...]
Ann Bauer on the ‘New Autism Reality’
I have a really special treat for readers this morning. If you don’t already know her, Ann Bauer is a writer and mother of three. Her oldest son, Andrew, is autistic. At 24 years old, Andrew [...]
The Importance of Visual Aids in Special Education
Today, I am sharing a new post with you from one of my favorite special needs bloggers – Gavin Bollard. Gavin is a married father who found out about his own Asperger’s syndrome only once his [...]
ChildsWork News, April 13, 2012: Looking at the New Autism Diagnosis and the Movie Bully
As we head into the weekend, I have two interesting articles for you all to read through. The first, from Science Daily details a study done by Yale Child Study Center concerning the new autism diagnosis [...]
A Rising Number of Oregon Students Need Special Education Accommodations, Report Finds
This week, the state of Oregon’s Department of Education released two reports on the current position of the state’s 84,707 students in special education. The first report focused on the number of students receiving special education [...]
ChildsWork News, March 23, 2012: Focus on Autism
Good morning CW Readers! Today I want to focus on three key articles from different positions in the autism community. With the rates of autism diagnosis increasing each year and the new definition of autism in [...]
ChildsWork News, Jan. 24, 2012: Talking About the New Autism Diagnosis
Unless you’ve been cut off from the news for the past couple of days you have likely heard the big news about the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and its [...]
Simons Foundation Gift to MIT Means Big Leaps in Autism Research
A $26.5 million grant given to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from the Simons Foundation could mean a breakthrough in autism research in 2012. This grant will go towards the construction and endowment of the Simons [...]
New Congressional Panel on Dyslexia Signals Important Change
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Play “Therapy”: Kansas State Graduate Student’s Autism-Friendly Schoolyard
Glad play time is given its due.
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
What you are saying here is important, and I can relate to it from my
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
Thanks Susan! I totally agree. I have to say I was really excited when
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
I love this blog! It's also very pertinent to career development and