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Autism rights movement (ARM) – (a subset of the neurodiversity movement, also known as the anti-cure movement or autistic culture movement) is a social movement that encourages autistic people, their caregivers and society to adopt a position of neurodiversity, accepting autism as a variation in functioning rather than a mental disorder to be ...
However, because my son is autistic, I sought extra help from many psychologists but discovered that finding the line between his autism and bad habits was ultimately up to me. The specialists ...
Autism rights activists say that "tics, like repetitive rocking and violent outbursts" can be managed if others make an effort to understand autistic people, while other autistic traits, "like difficulty with eye contact, with grasping humor or with breaking from routines", would not require corrective efforts if others were more tolerant.
I Am Going to the Dentist (to prepare children for dental appointments) I Hate the Word No (a story to teach kids to calmly respond to the word no) Examples of targeted use of social stories. Social stories in Hindi. [permanent dead link ] Loud noises. Archived 2021-09-06 at the Wayback Machine; Needing a break. Archived 2021-09-28 at the ...
Eighty-seven percent of families with an autistic child report that they don’t take family vacations, according to a 2019 survey of 1,000 parents by the International Board of Credentialing ...
In children, incorporating a child's special interest into their education has been shown to improve learning outcomes, [30] [28] increase attention on learning topics [31] and teach behaviours such as sportsmanship. [32] Students have been shown to write better when writing about their special interest compared to a control topic. [33]
Parent-mediated interventions offer support and practical advice to parents of autistic children. [69] A 2013 Cochrane Review found that there was no evidence of gains in most of the primary measures of the studies (e.g., the child's adaptive behaviour), however there was strong evidence for a positive pattern of change in parent-child ...
The year 2002 was declared Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom—this idea was initiated by Ivan and Charika Corea, parents of an autistic child, Charin. [102] Autism Awareness Year was led by the British Institute of Brain Injured Children, Disabilities Trust, The Shirley Foundation, National Autistic Society , Autism London and 800 ...