Category Archives: Social Considerations

Christmas, Autism and Teaching Kindness

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. During the holiday season people are sometimes rushed and frazzled due to the extra activities and expectations of the season. Thus, […]

Social Participation and the Autistic Sensory System

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Every time autistic people interface with the world outside their skin they bring along their sensory system that is often unstable […]

Autistic Burnout and Aging

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Last September I returned from a vacation that I had been dreaming of taking for several years. I had booked my vacation […]

Autism, Direct Instruction and Having Friends

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Social understanding and communication are two areas impacted by autism neurology. The way this plays out is different from one autistic […]

Autism, Social Greetings and Rhetorical Questions

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Autistic people may not automatically know how to respond to rhetorical social questions such as “How are you?” or automatically reciprocate […]

Teaching Autistic People

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Just like people of all ages can learn, so is it that autistic people of all ages can learn. It is […]