Today on Autism Live, Shannon kicks off Autism Acceptance Week by welcoming Ellen Sabin, the author of The Autism Acceptance Book: Being a Friend to Someone with Autism. This is a wonderful, interactive book that helps children to understand and accept individuals who are different from them. The book also features a free online companion […]
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Today on Autism Live, Shannon kicks off April by sharing a special interview with TACA founder Lisa Ackerman. Lisa puts some perspective on the new numbers just out from the CDC and shares some of the many things TACA is doing to help support the growing number of families with children on the spectrum. Jennifer Cook O’Toole from Asperkids.com talks about her journey from being diagnosed to writing a series of bestselling books on having Asperger’s and raising a child with Aspergers. Jennifer is on the spectrum, as is her husband and her 3 children. Finally, Larry Houser, the founder of Fullerton Cares, shares from an Autism Dad’s perspective how important and rewarding it is when you get involved! Fullerton Cares events include the Mardi Gras for Autism, The Beautiful Autism art project, a Fullerton School Sensory Garden, a unique prom event and much, much more!
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Jennifer Cook O’Toole is not your average mom. She has three children, all on the Autism spectrum. She also has ASD herself and so does her husband. Her unique perspective has helped her to write several bestselling books on Asperger’s and how to parent an individual with Asperger’s. Jennifer also offers some unique products and services to help children newly diagnosed embrace their uniqueness. For more info visit: www.asperkids.com
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
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Lisa Ackerman, Executive Director of TACA, introduces this new segment on Autism Live. TACA Facts will feature real questions and real answers, for autism parents. For more information on TACA visit www.tacanow.org
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This simple to make booklet is a great, fun way to teach our kids about emotions and matching them to facial expressions. By flipping the different parts of the book, our kids can learn to build different facial expressions and emotions.
Go to Facebook.com/AutismLive for the free templates! Or click this link: http://bit.ly/1pzUzpZ
Smarty, short for smart art, is a monthly series showing the ways in which you can use art to bond with your child while practicing skills they are working on in therapy. Its real life application of lessons they are learning.
This segment is sponsored by www.SkillsforAutism.com
Music by: Youtube.com/MistaCookieJar
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Julie Kornack speaks about the CDC’s newly unveiled Autism prevalence rates. Today it was announced that 1 in 68 children in the United States are affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder. This represents a 30% increase over the previous numbers of 1 in 88 released in 2012. It is estimated that 1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls now have Autism. Julie Kornack, a policy analyst for the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, helps us to understand the context of these numbers and what the initial national response appears to be.
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Shannon Penrod urges viewers to help Autism Live stay on the air by encouraging more people to watch. Viewers can help by sharing videos on their social networking sites and letting others know about this free resource.
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Technology instructor Vicki Gold shares how viewers can be using MIT Scratch to help children as young as 5 to learn computer programming. MIT Scratch was specifically invented to help children begin to learn the concepts of programming and to begin to easily be able to do it themselves! For more information visit: http://scratch.mit.edu/
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
On this special edition of Autism Live, actress, advocate and award winning author Holly Robinson Peete talks about her Autism journey now that her son is a teenager. Holly gives voice to all of the advances we have had in the field of Autism as well as her desire to see a national response and […]
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On this special edition of Autism Live, actress, advocate and award winning author Holly Robinson Peete talks about her Autism journey now that her son is a teenager. Holly gives voice to all of the advances we have had in the field of Autism as well as her desire to see a national response and a plan to help all individuals and families who need support in the Autism community. Holly shares the importance of technology in treating Autism and elaborates on why the HollyRod Foundation has partnered with FUHU, the makers of the NABI tablet to help put technology in the hands of more children with Autism.
This is an amazing hour with an incredible Autism MOM!
