Physical education is a national staple for standards of learning. Physical education, despite budget cuts to schools across the country, remains a basic requirement for the successful and complete education of each school year. Each state has varying requirements, but each has similar components. These include team sportsmanship, basic game strategies for popular sports, physical… Continue reading Adaptations to Physical Education for Students with Autism
Category: Autism
DSM V Changes to ASD Diagnostic Criteria Due On May 2013
The American Psychological Association has undertaken the task of revisions for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for a fifth edition. This is the manual used by doctors to identify and appropriately label mental health, beahvioral and neurological disorders. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) provides diagnostic criteria for individuals on the autism spectrum. The current… Continue reading DSM V Changes to ASD Diagnostic Criteria Due On May 2013
Severe Autism In Children And Adults
In Children Severe autism in children has one advantage over severe autism in adults; it’s caught early and children are able to get many necessary therapies started to help them function on some level. Children with severe and profound levels of autism may look as though they are completely unaware of the world around them.… Continue reading Severe Autism In Children And Adults
Rethink Autism
The biggest barriers with autism are not the ones the children and adults face; it’s in how others perceive them and what they think of autism. Changing the mindset of the populace that does not have autism is much harder because it has to be common knowledge. Advocates for autism have to bring it to… Continue reading Rethink Autism
Famous People With Autism
It isn’t that there are a substantial number of people with autism so much as there are famous people whose lives have been affected directly by autism. The new numbers suggest that one in every four children will be diagnosed with autism every year from here on out. It’s staggering what that means for our… Continue reading Famous People With Autism
Autism Treatment
There is no treatment of autism per se. There is only treatment of some of the more troubling behaviors that accompany the disorder. There is also no guarantee that these treatments will work since the autistic brain is already and altered brain, in chemistry and neurology. Still, some medications have proven effective in helping a… Continue reading Autism Treatment
My Child Has Autism
What to do if you discover your child has autism? This is no easy thing for a parent to hear. You have children with the hopes and dreams of sharing all the great things with them that you enjoyed growing up, and you have dreams for their futures. In one fell swoop, it feels like all of… Continue reading My Child Has Autism
Autism and depression in parents
Autism is a very challenging disorder. The more extreme your child has it, the harder it is to deal with it on a daily basis. Most parents reap the benefit of affection and love from their children that makes all the difficult moments easier, but children with autism usually don’t want to be touched, held, hugged or kissed.… Continue reading Autism and depression in parents
Interesting Facts About Autism
Top 30 interesting facts about autism 1. Autism wasn’t always referred to as autism. One hundred years ago, people who met the “rare” criteria were referred to as “idiot savants”. This dimunitive title focused first on what they couldn’t do, and thus were considered extremely mentally retarded. The second part focused on the disjunction of the seemingly incongruous… Continue reading Interesting Facts About Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder In Adults
This is an unusual situation, as the diagnostic criteria for children have been updated in only the last ten years. Most adults on the spectrum have no idea that they have high functioning autism/ Asperger’s until other people start noticing strange behaviors in their loved ones. When they point it out to their significant others… Continue reading Autism Spectrum Disorder In Adults