Four Ways I Help My Autistic Children Communicate Without Speaking
When my boys were little, our house was chaos! It was filled with screams I didn’t understand, and frustration levels
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communication
Some Things to Know About Talking to Someone Who Types
1. Only give me one idea at a time. It boggles me to have to respond to multiple ideas. 2.
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A Word Game…Helping the Autistic to Communicate
From TedAjit Narayanan is the inventor of Avaz, an affordable, tablet-based communication device for people who are speech-impaired.Why you should listenAjit Narayanan is the founder and CEO of Invention Labs, and the inventor of Avaz AAC, the first a…
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How I learned to Communicate My Inner Life with Asperger’s
Alix Generous for TEDwomen Why you should listenAlix Generous has Asperger syndrome, but was misdiagnosed for years. A student and researcher who is passionate about molecular biology and neuroscience, she encourages people like her to share the…
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Autism and Augmentative Alternative Communication [AAC]
By Mike Hipple, board member of United States Society of AAC USSAAC and founder of Wisconsin AAC Network Your child
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This is why I see children with autism very differently than everyone else
Over the years I’ve gotten to know a lot of children with autism and I’ve been fortunate enough to do so in a way that no one ever has before and this is why I see them very differently than everyone else.
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Connecting with a child that has autism – which is real? Face to face or virtual?
Some experts dismiss videos as not being “real” but it’s this notion that can help you to get through to what is more real of all.
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Love and Communication
In all relationships, communication is crucial. How often have we heard one half of a couple say: “My partner doesn’t understand me”Communication barriers can lead to breakdown and even separation – not something we want to ponder on this supposed…
Read moreA Makeover of Augmentative Communication is Needed!
As I’m sitting here preparing curriculum and classroom set-up for this upcoming year…I realized that I have a confession
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My Ten Things
I dug around in my archives in my personal blog and found this. I thought it would be a good
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