Choosing the method in which you decide to discipline your autistic child can be one of the most heart-wrenching and difficult decisions you can make. Since so many autistic children act out in a violent way, it is very difficult for many parents to not make the logical leap to spanking. While there is no […]
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The renowned autism expert Tony Atwood is fond of putting it this way: “Autism is anxiety looking for a target.” Autism and anxiety go hand-in-hand. Autism affects a person’s ability to communicate with others or to understand the world around him, and that’s bound to cause anxiety and panic sometimes.
Anxiety becomes even worse when there […]
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I heard some very sad news yesterday, Dr. Bernard Rimland, founder of the The Autism Society of America (ASA) and the Autism Research Institute passed away on November 21.
Dr Rimland dedicated his life to the study of autism after his son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2 in 1958. Dr Rimland went […]
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One of the most pervasive myths that surround autism is that a child who has it will never show affection and can’t accept getting affection from anyone. There have been literally piles of stories of parents taking their child to a psychologist and the doctor telling the parents that your child can’t possibly be autistic […]
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