Tag Archives: visual routines

Providing Sameness and Routine While Living In Unfamiliar Surroundings

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. Many children with special needs thrive in an environment with a high degree of predictability, sameness and routine. In the aftermath […]

A Visual Schedule for Use in Natural Disaster

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. Many children with special needs use a visual schedule to organize their day. A visual schedule shows which activities and the […]

Teaching One Autistic Student to Ask For Help

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 past school year I worked with a third grader diagnosed with autism as he returned to school after being […]

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 […]

Autism and Consequences

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. One way people learn is from consequences. For example, if you leave your car parked outside with the windows down and […]

Autism, Visual Thinking and the Parking 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. Many autistic people think visually. As a young child who thought visually I was often thought to be stubborn and insisting […]

Autism, Visual Schedules and Prompting

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. Many autistic students, who have difficulty transitioning from one activity to another, benefit from using a visual schedule in the same […]