In the U.S., the majority of public school systems offer parents the opportunity to enroll their child with autism in classes alongside non-disabled children. The idea behind this is the nurturing sense of being part of the academic community will assist the autistic...
The Internet has no shortage of parenting advice blogs and think pieces about caring for a child on the autism spectrum, but there seems to be precious little that is said about what can be done once that child grows up and transitions into an adult life. That is...
Educators persistently strive for equality, and one approach is to change the way how one to speaks to others. Person-first language is a form of language etiquette that intentionally communicates a trait or condition as a person rather than their core identity. For...
Recent statistics from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that autism manifests itself in roughly 1 of every 59 children. That’s up 15 percent from 2012, when a still-astounding 1 in every 68 kids across the United States was...
