Are you a parent who is autistic? I’m sharing my tips as an autistic mother of three.
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Jennifer and Samuel Allen discuss College and Asperger Syndrome with Dr. Marc Ellison. Dr. Ellison shares insights and suggestions from topics such as social skills to college preparation in this edition of Top of the Spectrum News.
In this episode, Hackie Reitman interviews Harry Lowe, student with Asperger’s at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Lowe discusses growing up with Asperger’s, his experience in school, and the importance of support systems for the neurodiverse.
This story is about a mom and a step-dad who had argued a lot over a teenage daughter who was rude and home and unwilling to do her part. The step-dad shifted to using a non-defensive statement and got very different results.
This story is about a 10-year old girl who stopped a bully from harassing her with one non-defensive question.
This story is about a situation where Todd, a husband, almost left his wife and kids, and the wife found a way to ask one non-defensive question that led to a conversation that saved the marriage.
Far From the Tree is a revolutionary new book by Andrew Solomon that tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.
What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...
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People in your life can make you feel bad or wrong by saying one thing to you and meaning something else. You can avoid falling into their traps.
Temple Grandin gives the Sunday keynote for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Induction weekend on "Educating Students Who Have Different Kinds of Minds.
Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, Grandin introduces the neuroimaging advances and genetic research that link brain science to behavior, even sharing her own brain scan to show us which anomalies might explain common symptoms.