The news is all a buzz with the needs of families with Autism, the treatments that work or don’t work, the quacks and celebrities that offer their opinions based on anecdotal evidence and fudged research, and the tools that are available for autistic children. All these articles do is outline …
This morning while going through the morning routine, I came across several news articles talking about communication applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Proloquo2go was the app being featured, but each article spoke vaguely regarding the quiet applications that provide a benefit to those with disabilities. I started to …
A while ago I was contacted by an educator that was looking for good applications on the iPhone for their autistic child. They noticed that their autistic child will play with the games their other children play, but wondered at other applications that they could find for their child that …
Recently I have been looking at various trainer and instructional design positions to get a good view of what the Industry is looking for, and how we as a Continuing Education department could help meet those needs. One program that kept coming up is Captivate. Captivate, for those of you …
My son is currently trying to learn how to write his name. Â He is excited about this, because I have been trying to help him write his name since he was 2, and now he has the chance to show his teachers what he can do. There are two things …
A lot of people are afraid and confused with autistic children. Â Why? Â Because their learning process is very different from the traditional methods. How so? Â That’s outlined by this research done at the Yale Child Study Center. Children traditionally learn through imitation. Â They track adult movement, and try to duplicate …
Thus far on my blog I have spent a lot of time analyzing and debating the cause of Autism, the effects, and the research behind them. Â This is all fascinating and fun to talk about (at least I hope so, it is for me), but parents out there that find …
For the past couple of weeks I have been working on and off on a project to deploy Final Cut Pro in a fresh install for our Macintosh lab. Â Previous to this the process was to image the machines and then install Final Cut Pro through a script. Â Then on …
While reading my news feeds this morning, I came across this report on the dangers children have in school due to “disciplinary action”. Â Many of the children were injured or died while under disciplinary action, and many of those children had disabilities. Â One child (and the reason it showed up …
Since coming back from leave after the birth of my son, I’ve been engrossed with developing new learning material for my son with autism. Â Currently he is doing well in Pre-School, but there are always additional learning exercises that could supplement his education. Â The problem is, there are a lot …
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