Checklists and Physicians’ Behaviorsby
Michael D. Miller
I recently heard Dr. Atul Gawande talk about his new book “The Checklist Manifesto.” While the evidence demonstrating the value of checklists for improving the quality of healthcare is increasingly...
Checklist of Neurotypical Privilege: New Draftby
Bev
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A Checklist of Neurotypical Privilege
Since its publication in 1988, Peggy Mc... in general discussions of autism. Autistic adults who dare to speak openly on topics related to autism...
Behavior mod and Autismby
JohnL
Over on Behavior Mod Info I posted an entry about CNN covering brief, intensive intervention for a family with a child who has Autism. The story covers work done by the Autism Partnership. Here’s the link.
Autism, Abby and ABA at the Shape of Behaviorby
Harold L D.
with autism. Abby had difficulty sitting at a table to color a picture, participating in preschool or daycare activities. After being diagnosed with autism her parents immediately sought help for Abby and enrolled...
steming
My five year old son has steming behaviors, but is not autistic. He has been diagnosed with ADHD and is being treated for it. Do ADHD children or normal children sometimes have steming issues?
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Diagnosing Autism with MRI Technology
of his testing was based upon a checklist of behaviors used to diagnose autism. The only problem with the current method of diagnosing autism is that there is always human error involved with simple observation...
When my son was diagnosed with autism it took about five hours of observation from a team...crap
Autism Awareness Month: A Mother's Story
Some of you may or may not know that April is Autism Awareness month. For my family and for my son, every month is autism awareness month. My son Max (I have changed his name to protect his privacy) was diagnosed with Autism in the months following his third birthday. You have to understand...crap
Detecting the Early Warning Signs of Autism
. All we really have to diagnose autism is a list of possible behaviors which the child may or may not display at any one time... with autism never showed a need for sameness and routine early on. This was one of the behaviors...
It seems that there is more awareness than ever about autism these days...crap
Tell Us What You’d Like to Talk About
Please help others along their autism journeys! (And find some ideas for yourself, too.) What are the things you wish you had known about autism when you started your journey?
What helped you the most...
Picking Behavioral Treatments and Occupational, Speech, or Vision Therapies
If you do not see a topic...crap
Autism, Puberty and Subclinical Seizures
Seizures are a common co-existing condition with autism, as many as one in every four people with autism will develop seizures. While some children may have seizures when very young, they may develop or... the complete lack of symptoms. There are some behaviors which can signal seizure activity:
Changes...crap
Behavior Management Series: Hitting and Kicking
Children who have ADHD and children who are on the Autism Spectrum can often engage in behaviors... many of these behaviors and give you some ideas about what you can do to decrease their frequency.
If you were to prioritize which behaviors you wish to get rid of and fast I am guessing that hitting and kicking...crap
"I'm an Aardvark and I'm Happy!"
. What I found is that all the teaching methods and behavioral strategies could not help everything. Just because a person has autism or...
I'm an Aardvark and I'm Happy!
When my son who has Autism began taking Prozac for the first....
When my son got diagnosed with Autism at the age of three, I never considered medication for him. I knew...crap
Autism and GERD: One Child's Story autism.
· Digestive discomfort may cause behavioral changes in a child with autism... detective work to sort through layers of behavior and symptoms.
· A child with autism...
Many years ago, a child with autism taught me everything I needed to know about autism...crap
Five Things the Parent of an Autistic Child Wants You to Know
” behaviors you may see from a person who has autism may, in fact, be coping mechanisms. Before you label... to understand the purpose and meaning of those behaviors for the individual with autism. For example, there are many people who try to force a person with autism to look them in the eye. We may label the behavior...crap