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Today’s toy of the day is Crayola Crayons! This timeless favorite is a great economical tool to be used for teaching colors, tripod grasp, prewriting, developing finger and hand skills and more. You can color and draw with it, but you can also melt them to create endless craft projects. The possibilities are endless. See Shannon?s trick for using them to develop the tripod grasp!

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Alex Plank received a diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome at the age of nine, as a teenager we created Wrong Planet.net the world’s largest social network for individuals with Autism. Today we visits Autism Live to share his views in light of the recent media coverage stating that the Newtown shooter had Asperger’s Syndrome.

Autism Live is a production of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), headquartered in Tarzana, California, and with offices throughout the United States and around the globe. For more information on therapy for autism and other related disorders, visit the CARD website at http://centerforautism.com

Critically acclaimed author Monica Holloway and her son Wills share their thoughts on Autism Spectrum Disorders in light of misinformation after the Sandy Hook tragedy. Wills, a high school student on the spectrum is kind, considerate and articulate. He loves baseball, his dogs and hanging out with his friends. His mother Monica urges us all to see and share the true face of Autism on www.facebook.com/cowboyandwills

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