The importance of understanding and keeping time is all around us in our daily lives. Schedules, bedtime, mealtimes, cooking and baking, work, classes, concerts, movies, appointments, social gatherings, and using public transportation all involve timing. Not understanding time and how it works can make us late, rushed, not able to finish a task, miss out on an event, take too…| Autism Awareness
Predictability is a way for someone on the spectrum to assuage their anxiety over the unknown, and empower themselves into their daily tasks.| Autism Awareness
The LILA Principle (Leave It Lying Around) & exposure to a wide range of activities builds connections, and helps create a rich life.| Autism Awareness
I recently featured an article on Facebook about age appropriate interests written by Christine Motokane, an autistic young adult. Some of her interests were deemed “inappropriate for her age” by well meaning people around her. Christine’s mother became concerned about her childhood interests as they continued into her high school years. She hired a behaviorist to teach Christine what age…| Autism Awareness
