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2. Picture Exchange Communication System - Wikipedia

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   The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative and alternative communication system developed and produced by Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc. [1] PECS was developed in 1985 at the Delaware Autism Program by Andy Bondy, PhD, and Lori Frost, MS, CCC-SLP. [2] The developers of PECS noticed that traditional communication ...

3. Special interest (autism) - Wikipedia

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   Special interest (autism) Special interests are highly focused interests common in autistic people. [1] Special interests are more intense than typical interests, such as hobbies, [2] and may take up much of a person's free time. A person with a special interest will often hyperfocus on their special interest for hours, want to learn as much as ...

4. Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication ...

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   The Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) philosophy recognizes autism as a lifelong condition and does not aim to cure but to respond to autism as a culture. [2] Core tenets of the TEACCH philosophy include an understanding of the effects of autism on individuals; use of assessment to ...

5. Social Stories - Wikipedia

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   Overview. Social Stories are a concept devised by Carol Gray in 1991 to improve the social skills of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). [3] The objective is to share information, which is often through a description of the events occurring around the subject and also why. [4] Social stories are used to educate and as praise.

6. Social (pragmatic) communication disorder - Wikipedia

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   The current view is that the disorder has more to do with communication and information processing than language. For example, children with semantic-pragmatic disorder will often fail to grasp the central meaning or saliency of events. This then leads to an excessive preference for routine and "sameness" (seen in autism spectrum disorders ...

7. High-functioning autism - Wikipedia

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   Antipsychotics, antidepressants, stimulants (associated symptoms) [8][9][10] High-functioning autism (HFA) was historically an autism classification to describe a person who exhibited no intellectual disability but had some difficulty in communication, emotion recognition, expression, and/or social interaction. [11][12][13] However, many in ...

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9. Autism Speaks - Wikipedia

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   Autism Speaks Inc. is an American non-profit autism awareness organization and the largest autism research organization in the United States. [4][5][6] It sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public. [4] It was founded in February 2005 by Bob Wright and his wife Suzanne ...