Children with autism tend to learn better from visual cues than from audible cues so there are many ways to increase effective communication. By substituting technology that increases visual information, autistic students can understand necessary information faster. For children who are nonverbal or have a lot of trouble communicating, assistive technology can allow parents and… Continue reading Why is assistive technology important?

This is actually a question of ignorance, because the main diagnostic criteria in autism is that the child or adult clearly shows advanced intellectual skills in one area or another, possibly more than one area. People who don’t know what autism is will ask this question, and isn’t that they are “dumb” ignorant, it’s just… Continue reading Can Autistic People Be Smart?

The high functioning ones who know and understand how to smoke probably could. This is a highly unusual question in that autistic people generally are supervised or cared for by others, and marijuana just wouldn’t be part of their lives or treatments unless prescribed by a doctor. They would also have to live in a… Continue reading Can Autistic People Smoke Weed

There’s two ways to answer this question. First, environmental can refer to the home environment of the child and second, environmental can also refer to the surrounding landscape and area where the child’s home exists. In both cases, the answer is slightly different. When referring to a child’s home environment, only extreme abuse and exposure… Continue reading Can Autism Be Environmental