Showing posts with label Asperger Syndrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asperger Syndrome. Show all posts

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Opposition to cutting education funding that benefits Students on the Autism Spectrum

Recession, Budget Cuts, Schools Closing, Educators layoffs and firings, uncertified and inexperienced Teachers and Paraprofessionals, archaic teaching tools and resources, limited or underfunded training are a few of the tantamount concerns regarding the appropriate educating of Students with Autism.
We've included some videos about concerns of any Parent who is in school.  Why?  Often, families with kids who have special needs and/or disabilities have similar needs + specific concerns.

Let's start with a current release:

The video and transcript of this compelling report on the necessity of appropriate education schools, supports, services and  resources for Students on the Autism Spectrum.  William's parents concerns express the questions and issues that many families are facing when it comes to their child's schooling.

ABC News  Updated Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:05am AEST
A leading expert on autism is warning of the long-term costs if funds to assist the education of children with autism spectrum disorder continue to be cut.
Source: Lateline



Autism expert warns against cutting education funding - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)




Teachers care about the affects of the lack of sufficient education funding, too.
'Rethink Autism' organization has deliberately encouraged Parents to prepare for times when Students on the Autism Spectrum will face limitations in funding, resources, treatments and care.
When after-school programs are underfunded, some of our Autistic kids who are 'mainstreamed' and can tolerate 'full inclusion' are affected, too.

Will we go back to the days when Hawaii considered 'no school Fridays'?  How devastating this will be for Parents who's child depends on school-based therapies and individualized education programs.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

'When considering therapies ask yourself, ...'


'CRITICALLY THINKING ABOUT THERAPIES... (SOCIAL SKILLS) --

"When considering therapies ask yourself, Does it play to my child's strength and will it build his self esteem?  If the answer to these are NO, think really hard of the benefit to risk.  You might even ask an autistic adult if they have alternative ideas."






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Friday, August 3, 2012

Teaching Students with Aspergers



Advice on tips, guides, preparation, resilence, acclimation, transition, anxiety to help Students with Aspergers Syndrome enjoy school.


My Aspergers Child: Teaching The Anxious Aspergers Student: Teaching students with Aspergers or High-Functioning Autism who also experience social anxiety in the classroom WILL be challenging. School...

  1. My Aspergers Child: Teaching Aspergers Students: 32 Tips for ...

    Teaching Aspergers Students: 32 Tips for Educators ... When these are thrown off, they can become very anxious and worry ...
    www.myaspergerschild.com/.../teaching-aspergers-students...
  2. Strategies to Help Students with Asperger Syndrome in School ...

    For most students with Asperger Syndrome (AS), school ... Therefore, the majority of students with AS are anxious. ... Tech’s Role in Teaching Autistic Students Evolves
    www.education.com/.../strategies-help-asperger-school
  3. AANE - Teaching Resilience to Students with Asperger Syndrome

    Teaching Resilience to Students with Asperger Syndrome. By Lori Hodgins, MSEd ... Slowly and carefully, I tell the student that we are going to practice “getting anxious ...
    www.aane.org/.../teaching_resilience_students_asperger.html
  4. The Complete Guide to Teaching Students with Aspergers and HFA

    Teaching strategies specific to the Aspergers student... ... encompasses high functioning children with autistic tendencies. A child with Aspergers can have ...
    www.myoutofcontrolteen.com/TeachingAspergersStudents
  5. Asperger's Syndrome (AS) - Instructional Strategies

    It is from the section labeled Educating Students with Asperger ... conversations, to help them feel less anxious ... Teaching students with Autism: A guide for teachers.
    aspergerspresentation.wikispaces.com/Instructional...
  6. Teaching The Asperger Student - About Aspergers

    Teaching the Asperger student can be challenging, but it presents a very rewarding experience as well!
    www.livingwithaspergers.com/teaching-the-asperger...

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Family wants understanding of Asperger


 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255  
http://18002738255.com/


Is suicide a developmental disorder?
Dr. Douglass Meinecke, National Institute of Mental Health

Lauren Kisly, 22, of Lakemoor, talks with her mom about the recent suicide of her brother, Eric, 23, while at their home recently. Eric struggled with Asperger syndrome and committed suicide by jumping in front of a Metra train June 16, (Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com)

In a typed suicide note left for his loved ones, Kisly described the difficulties he had finding a job.
“I hate to say this but by the time you are reading this, I will probably be dead,” Kisly wrote. “I am doing this because I realize that I can’t fix my life given whats [sic] left within me.”


The great irony of Eric’s Kisly’s disability is that its traits are exactly what would make him a model employee.
Focused. Honest. Hardworking. Intelligent.
But the Woodstock High School graduate’s handicaps speak much louder than how he looks on résumé paper. Kisly, 23, had a form of autism called Asperger syndrome.
In a typed suicide note left for his loved ones, Kisly described the difficulties he had finding a job.

Asperger syndrome is a developmental disorder characterized by the inability to gauge emotions or read social cues. It is marked by repetitive rituals and behaviors, peculiar speech and language, and hypersensitivity to light and sound.
Grouped with other autism disorders, Asperger syndrome is thought to be on the milder end of the autism spectrum.
Eric Kisly fit the mold in many ways. He was a Green Bay Packer superfan. He preferred to wear only yellow, cotton T-shirts and drank only Sunkist soda. Socially, he struggled to make friends.
Asperger syndrome traits often are mistaken for rudeness, social awkwardness, or simply just being weird. This made Kisly a target for schoolyard bullies. Unable to adjust the volume of his voice to his surroundings, Kisly often would be shouting – even during job interviews.
“If people are able to look past that first impression of his weird quirks, I think he would have had a much easier time,” said Eric Kisly’s 22-year-old sister, Lauren Kisly. “But people don’t know how to recognize why he acts in a particular way.”
“I can’t even fathom in the slightest bit how much pain he’s gone through his whole life and what it had built up to,” Lauren Kisly said. “I hope and pray that he’s not having a hard time anymore.”

-Read the complete story at:
Northwest Herald | Family wants understanding of Asperger
By CHELSEA McDOUGALL - cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
Created: Sunday, July 15, 2012 5:30 a.m. CDT
Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012 9:56 a.m. CDT


National Suicide Prevention Hotline 
1-800-273-8255 
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