I hope you all have been enjoying the blog hop and all of the great stories (a few tear jerkers out there) and freebies. Just in case you missed any of the posts, below is a list that will take you directly to each stop.  Don't forget to stop by Teaching Through Turbulence where Heather has a fantastic giveaway set up.   There is a $25 Amazon ...

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Peter (not his name) is 15, with nary a stubble on his pinkish cheeks, and yet he is already a genius with computers. Some teachers don’t even bother with tech support, a very slow and inefficient service; they interrupt a class and ask for him, the teen who can fix anything electronic, whether hard- or software. The incredible story is that he ...

My latest blog on TeachHub is up and running.  It is about Social Stories which I find I am using often this year. I would love some feed back on how you use social stories in the classroom and how you go about writing them.  Since we didn't have a class in college about social stories I was at a total loss when I started teaching.  I hope writing ...

Hello Everyone, Temple Grandin does such an elegant job of explaining her own thought processes and how she has succeeded with an Autistic mind. She provides inspiration and insight into the importance of diversity in thought processes and perspective. So grab a cup of coffee, get yourself comfortable and watch Temple’s lecture on the Autistic ...

This is news to me, but a piece in Gizmodo, of all places, has brought to light something I've never even considered. Could Autism have a link in our society's aversion to the sun? Dr. John Cannel of the Vitamin D Council has been studying the links between Autism and a lack of Vitamin D. According to some of the studies cited in this article, ...

''A picture is worth a thousand words.''- Napoleon Bonaparte What are visual aids?The vast majority of children with autism depend on visual aids for organization, behavior support, social skills development, and comprehension. That being said, so do people who are neurotypical (without autism.)  So far this week, I have used several visual ...

Fingernails screeching down a chalkboard.  The booming bass on a car stereo.  These are just a couple of sounds many people find irritating.  For students with autism or other disabilities that affect sensory processing, many sounds that we take for granted can be difficult to ignore.  The humming of fluorescent lights, the swishing and gurgling ...

Five More Treatments That Earned the NAC Stamp of Approval Here are the final five treatments recommended by the National Autism Center (NAC) in its recent report (2009.)  To qualify as a recommended, or ''established'' treatment, the intervention had to undergo rigorous review. Peer Training PackagePeer trainers, classmates or siblings of ...

Green Light to Three More Autism Treatments I am including the next three treatments that earned the highest scores on the National Standards Report (2009, National Autism Center).     I will name each treatment, briefly describe it, and provide a hypothetical scenario of how the treatment could be implemented.  Treatments are listed in ...