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I mentioned yesterday that while I’ll be slowly transitioning Autism Learning Felt over to a general education blog, I would still keep autism at the forefront of it. So here is the first of what I hope is many more articles that I put up for you for kids on the autism spectrum. Point to . . . → Read More: Point to Happy – Book  30 comments - (Comments are closed)  autism, book, book-review, books, children, communication, Reviews 
Dr. David Matsumoto led a study to examine the body language of winners and losers of a recent Olympic competition. He discovered that the individuals in each category summarily responded with similar body language, gestures and facial expressions. Which isn’t all together terribly fascinating…except when you consider that some of his subjects were blind. If . . . → Read More: Understanding Autism and Communication 
Things have been crazy around here this week. The kids came down sick. Lizzie is home sick today, but Dean was able to go to school. Yesterday, the kids were home because of the snow and ice. It wasn’t that bad around here, but better for the schools to be safe. I woke . . . → Read More: A Special Plea From My Son To Holly Robinson Peete 
I was sent Penny Stones, The Slumber Party Edition, to review for inclusion in my Holiday Gift Guide this year. I have been sent several products to check out, from different companies. Some will make it into my Holiday Gift Guide, and some won’t. This is one of the items that will make it into . . . → Read More: Using Penny Stones To Help Children Communicate 
Dogs For Autism needs your help. Pepsi is will award a $50,000 grant to the top 10 project ideas in the country. DFA provides service dogs to autistic children for free. They have a waiting list of over 200 families in need of a service dog. You can help by voting for . . . → Read More: Vote For Dogs For Autism 
Today, we had a breakthrough in speech therapy. He picked out a book that he loves, and that they have read a lot. It’s about a boy and his dog. The video below shows the beginning of the speech therapy session. In it, you will notice that he isn’t happy. He did not want to . . . → Read More: A Breakthrough In Speech Therapy 
Raising a nonverbal child has it’s challenges. When that child is really young, and has not learned an alternative form of communication, it can turn into a nightmare for child and parent. I remember a nightmare situation when my son was about three years old. If my son had been able to communicate, this situation . . . → Read More: A Nonverbal Child Can Lead To Nightmare Situations 
We all know that each child is unique. Each has unique skill sets, special talents and particular learning discrepancies. The first thing that should be done is to learn as much about the child as possible. Discover their strengths, their weaknesses, their interests and their breaking points. This knowledge will give educators many tools needed . . . → Read More: Language Building Activities for Children with Autism |
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