The new ASD Video Glossary shows a series of video clips comparing "neurotypical" and "autistic" behaviors for each DSM category (e.g., communication, repetitive and restricted behaviors). It is a ramped up and much improved version of what Linda Baker and I were trying to do for Asperger's when we released our video of clinical vignettes in 2000. While I am anticipating stern warnings from the medical community about parents diagnosing their own kids using information off the web, I would hope that the appearance of this helpful material will be a call to pediatricians and family docs to ramp up their own knowledge, especially about early diagnosis and intervention. I've been doing some teaching at the Antioch ASD Certificate Program, which has a top-notch faculty and is filled with students from education (mostly special education teachers and rehab professionals)...but where are the psychiatrists, pediatricians, and psychologists? We need these folks to know more.
The new ASD Video Glossary shows a series of video clips comparing "neurotypical" and "autistic" behaviors for each DSM category (e.g., communication, repetitive and restricted behaviors). It is a ramped up and much improved version of what Linda Baker and I were trying to do for Asperger's when we released our video of clinical vignettes in 2000. While I am anticipating stern warnings from the medical community about parents diagnosing their own kids using information off the web, I would hope that the appearance of this helpful material will be a call to pediatricians and family docs to ramp up their own knowledge, especially about early diagnosis and intervention. I've been doing some teaching at the Antioch ASD Certificate Program, which has a top-notch faculty and is filled with students from education (mostly special education teachers and rehab professionals)...but where are the psychiatrists, pediatricians, and psychologists? We need these folks to know more.