April 2 has been designated as World Autism Awareness Day by the United Nations General Assembly based on the recommendation of the country Qatar. Click here to read the Third Committee’s approval of the draft resolutions of this topic plus a host of other concerns under this committee.
Millions of people with autism are not being given the proper intervention programs all over the world. A lot of these come from Africa and Asia where they do not have access to public services. This issue about getting the proper intervention program is very important because autism is a very serious health condition worldwide. 1 affected in 150 children is really serious.
As a special education teacher, I have a treasure chest of experiences about teaching and interacting with children with autism. I have also written posts about these experiences.
- Their
lack ofcommunication skills in this post: Autism and Communication - Autism Spectrum Disorder can be found in 3.4 children in 1000 children with ages 3 – 10 years old.
- What Kind of World Do You Want is a song by Five for Fighting to help raise funds for AutismSpeaks.Org
- I blogged about joining the Angels Walk for Autism last January 2008.
- Combating Autism Act aims to do extensive research on autism.
- Is there a correlation between a child with autism and the age of his father?
- Temple Grandin has autism and she developed a hug machine.
- There is a rising number of special needs children which includes autism here in the Philippines.
- Even if there are a lot of caring people and awareness campaign is being done, there are also cases of abuse by adults to children with autism. One of these was even a special education teacher.
- There are important social skills that they need to learn.
- A lot of skills need to be mastered with regards to Auditory processes for better social skills, learning, communication and social interactions.
- I tried to write down a few of the frustrations that these children must be feeling with their limitations.
- Early childhood intervention is very important.
- Approach-request skills are helpful with non-verbal children
- Are special children different?
For more information, read the World Autism Awareness Day site.
Join the World Autism Awareness Day Virtual Walk 2008.
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