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Tying our Shoes
One of the questions/concerns I hear a lot is, my child can’t tie their shoes. How can I teach my child to tie their shoes?
So, I’d to tell you...
Stimming to Release Energy (from "Ultimate Guide to Stimming")
People may need to release physical or emotional energy for variety of reasons.
People may feel overwhelmed with positive emotions positive energy like excitement. People can also feel overwhelmed...
CHANGES AND TRANSITIONS (from "55 Essential Skills for Students")
For tens of thousands of years, human beings lived as hunter-gatherers.
A person living in this world likely had an intimate awareness and understanding of their immediate environment and that...
EIGHT PROFILES OF THE ADHD & AUTISM SPECTRUM
For better or worse, the diagnosis, Autism Spectrum Disorders includes a wide array of behaviors and struggles.
Our goal here is to shed some light on the source of those...
The Writing Process (from 55 Essential Skills for Students on the Autism Spectrum)
Even a simple writing assignment may require most or all of the following skills:
- Filtering through all the available ideas and selecting a suitable topic.
- Breaking down the...
Introduction to 55 Essential Skills for Students on the Autism Spectrum
Introduction
55 Essential Skills for Students on the Autism Spectrum is the culmination of 10 years of research and development at the Neuro-Linguistic Learning Center in Northern California.
Neuro-Linguistic Learning...
A Word on ABA (from 55 Essential Skills)
As many folks in the autistic community are aware, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has increasingly come under fire.
Long considered the “gold standard” in autism therapy, there is increasing anecdotal...
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
PDA is not uncommon in the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) community.
In my experience, there is no specific neurological basis for PDA. It is a learned behavior as a response...
The Interview
For many folks, especially those on the ADHD/ASD spectrum, interviews can be both challenging and stressful.
This is completely understandable in that many of us have spent our lives struggling...
Autism and Masking
Most adults on the autism spectrum are familiar with masking.
In its simplest form, masking is pretending to be normal or behaving in such a way as to appear normal....
Autism and Trust
Autism and Trust
While it can be tough for anyone to always know who to trust, this can be particularly problematic for autistic folks as well as folks with ADHD,...