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DIR/Floortime Method for Social-Emotional Growth of Children with ASD

Although our emphasis is often focused on early intervention, it is important to consider various types of interventions that can grow with the child with Aspergers or HFA as they grow into adolescence, another area of huge potential growth. One approach that has demonstrated clinical impact is DIR/Floortime. This method is a relationship-based, developmentalContinue Reading

Give the Gift of Information!

By: Jennifer Allen

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Excellent basic overview of High Functioning Autism and Aspergers Syndrome! The Coping to Excelling documentary sheds illuminating light on the topic of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome in school-aged children. Narrated by a Mother of a son with Asperger’s, this engaging program allows the viewer to ‘see through the eyes’Continue Reading

What If It Snowed In San Antonio?

By: Jennifer Allen

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A Care-giver Series: by Dr. Ghia Edwards This is the third installment of my piece speaking about the health of a caregiver and it has been an interesting journey these past weeks. We as caregivers get in such and stay in such serious modes, that sometimes it takes something drasticContinue Reading

Apart From the Crowd: Isolation in the Early Years of Diagnosis

By: Jennifer Allen

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A Quick Read Even before the official diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome, we knew our son Sam walked apart from the crowd. His early intense interest in a subject matter, and not in his peers, was the perfect mix for oddity starting the early sociable elementary years. While we, as Sam’s parents, grewContinue Reading

Temple Grandin Explains: Choosing the Right Job for People with ASD

By: Jennifer Allen

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Jobs need to be chosen that make use of the strengths of people with Autism or Asperger’s syndrome. Both high and low functioning people have very poor short-term working memory, but they often have a better long-term memory than most neurotypicals. I have great difficulty with tasks that put highContinue Reading

Facebook and Social Skills

By: Alix Generous

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Growing up there was nothing I wanted more in this world than for people to see me for exactly who I am, and like me for it. I drive myself mad looking for this, because identity is unstable. People change as they get older through a combination of experience, genetic predispositions,Continue Reading

The Either Or Trap

By: Sharon Neill

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I have three questions for you… 1. How many times a day, a week do you find yourself with a big old stressful decision? 2. How many of those decisions are simple and completely straight forward? 3. How many times does it feel like you’re saddled with two crappy choices?Continue Reading

Preparing the Autistic Driver for the Road: A Look at Motor Skills

By: Jennifer Allen

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Aspergers101 asks the experts about driving safely with Autism. In this blog we focus especially on preparing to drive with motor skill challenges. Dr. Berenice de la Cruz, Training and Research Director at the Autism Community Network, offers a great overview into the differences of the Autistic brain and how those differences affectContinue Reading

Preventing Meltdowns

By: Lisa Rogers

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Although we have addressed the topic of meltdowns previously, it is a topic that needs to be revisited often, given the intense nature of the meltdown. “People with autism, new research suggests, may have an unusually large and overactive amygdala. This may be one reason why people with autism areContinue Reading

Free 4 You: Driving With Autism webinar kicks off Thursday

By: Jennifer Allen

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by Lynette Vega, SBG San Antonio Monday, November 18th 2019 SAN ANTONIO — An initiative in Texas is creating safer interactions between law enforcement and those on the autism spectrum. It’s called the Texas Driving With Autism Initiative and a free webinar will be held for the public to learn moreContinue Reading

Support For Off-Campus Travel for College Students with ASD

By: Marc Ellison

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Welcome to the holiday season! The season is one of change, for a variety of reasons. The arrival of the holidays announces the coming of cooler weather for most of the U.S., begins a time of travel, and signals the end of the calendar year. The holidays are a time of change for college students,Continue Reading

Q & A with Dwayne Dixon at VSW Productions

By: Gabriela Lemos

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Artist, Writer, Director and college student Dwayne Dixon possess the talents of many diagnosed with Aspergers. Though Dwayne does not have Aspergers, he is a strong example of utilizing what talents/intense interests you do have into a passionate living! He and his production team from New York are always onContinue Reading

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Give the Gift of Information!

Temple Grandin Explains: Choosing the Right Job for People with ASD

Preparing the Autistic Driver for the Road: A Look at Motor Skills

Preventing Meltdowns

Free 4 You: Driving With Autism webinar kicks off Thursday

Support For Off-Campus Travel for College Students with ASD

Q & A with Dwayne Dixon at VSW Productions

Coping to Excelling DVD

The Autism Charm (Bracelet)