A Guide to Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Prism Series, Vol. 7 Advice
This is a slightly quirky site which seems to be blog-based. It’s a bit difficult to follow and there are a lot of commercial distractions going on (probably to pay for maintaining this site run by the parent of a child with autism). However, we liked it because there was a real ring of authenticity to the material there. Plus, the site owner publishes and updates a list of top ten fun sites for children with autism and that seemed like a great service.
We liked this site for two reasons. First, it offers a mentoring service, matching experienced parents with families who have a newly diagnosed child. We don’t know how well the service works for any specific situation but it’s a wonderful idea. We also found information for emergency care professionals on the site, something that we haven’t come across too often. This information is very valuable and worth downloading from the site. We were excited to find a directory of services by state with listings such as autism-friendly dentists. However, we found that there aren’t too many listings ava
This site is great for families with recently diagnosed children because it specializes in the provision of bridge services while awaiting publicly funded programs. Their Early Intervention Network attempts to increase public awareness of Autism’s early warning signs with its ‘Red Flags of Autism’ campaign. And the program ‘More than Words’ helps parents develop the special skills required for an autism spectrum Disorder child.
This site consolidates blogs about autism. The blogs cross all areas including adults with autism blogging about their lives, political issues, parents blogging about their experiences or documenting their children’s experiences and so on. The material can be controversial but it’s a real up-to-the-minute view into autism in daily lives. The left hand side of the homepage lists all of the blogs it indexes by category. You can use this site as a jumping off point to find blogs you like.
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