Eight Key Design Issues for Special Needs Environmental Design
There are several design strategies that can be implemented into K-12 school settings that aid children and teens with autism and other special needs
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Every Easter, millions of children fill up on the jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and hard candies in their Easter baskets and become hyper as they savor their candies all week. Most parents never suspect
A book review of: Healing and Preventing Autism: A Complete Guide
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The Power of Play
One of the fascinating facts about brain development is that as far as the brain is concerned, we are all born premature
A Spectrum of Options to help Individuals with AUTISM
In the past 10 to 15 years, outstanding strides have been made in science to help better understand and combat one of the most complex biological disorders that strikes
Life’s Mystery- “Autism” The Missing Puzzle Piece!
Out there, yes out there! Somewhere far beyond our expectation lays the mystery of the missing puzzle piece. A puzzle piece we must
Patricia Plunkett “Everyday Heroes”
My friend, my confidante, my teacher, my son’s hero, my hero In the summer of 1998, I went to my orientation seminar at the University of Connecticut. I was sitting...
Early Intervention Games
A jam-packed collection of games for ways to develop Social and Motor skills in children with
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Spitfire and an Inspiration – Sister Jeannette Murray, The Benedictine School, Maryland’s Eastern Shore A Benedictine School parent recently said about Sister Jeannette Murray: “Mother Theresa said ‘that to do...
Apraxia: When the Words Just Won’t Come
Honestly, I didn’t think there was really anything wrong with him. So, he was a late talker, right? We have all heard the stories and anecdotes about someone’s brother’s, cousin’s, sister’s kid who didn’t speak until
