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Visual timers for kids: Best apps, physical timers, and classroom strategies

Does your child benefit from a visual reinforcer? Then take a look at these online and other visual timers for kids who have ...
Medical Xpress

Identifying the barriers to communication in children with autism

Approximately 30% of individuals with autism do not develop speech that is sufficient for meeting the communication demands of everyday life. People with autism and little to no functional speech rely ...
The Baltimore Sun

Robots are teaching autistic children social skills — And it’s actually working

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, and paying attention. Researchers in Europe added a learning robot to ...
Independent.ie

‘I wanted to teach autistic children the communication strategies I learned after I was diagnosed’

Imagine if a child was taught not to trust their own feelings. Sadly, that’s the life experience of a great many autistic children. Encouraged to normalise their behaviour and to “look a bit less ...