ACT's Summer 2019 Events: Web-streaming or in-person
Social Stories 10.2 with Carol Gray
Thursday & Friday, August 15 & 16, 2019
Surrey, BC
New Cutting Edge Strategies to Improve Executive Function Skills with Sarah Ward, MS, CCC-SLP
Wednesday & Thursday, September 25 & 26, 2019
Surrey, BC
New PBS Learning Series
Watch ACT's new Positive Behavior Support in School, Home and Community series. This learning stream of eleven presentations tackles the serious issue of how to work with children with challenging behaviors.
Including Students with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities in Schoolwide PBS: All Means ALL! PBS – Working Together to Support Children and Families
B.C. Resources
Looking for autism & special needs resources specific to British Columbia? Visit the new B.C. Resources page to find community agencies, recreational activities, service providers, support groups, education & employment, community events, the autism manual, new diagnosis hub, transition to adulthood, and much more!
Mental Health and Autism video series
Latest videos, + 4 more new videos. Part of the Online Mental Health & Autism Project.
Mental Health in Post-Secondary Education: What is It Like for Students with ASD and What Does the Research Say? - Dr. Rashmeen Nirmal Girls and Women with Eating Disorders – Dr. Christopher Gillberg Practical Strategies for Supporting Mental Wellness of Teenage Girls and Women with ASD – Dori Zener
Find Autism Information
Find practical autism resources with the AID search. We've made it even easier to find resources and tools for parents and professionals with a new subject listing. Free and relevant world-wide.
You can also find 自閉症社區訓練協會 (ACT in Chinese), ACT in Punjabi, Online Mental Health & Autism Project: Looking Beyond Autism, and Autism Research.
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Women & Girls with Autism
Researchers are increasingly recognizing that autism affects women and girls differently than males. Delays in diagnosis are common, reducing access to services, with implications for long-term mental health and employment prospects.
These presentations feature recent research, with a focus on the experience and perspectives of women and girls with autism.
Watch NowWeb streaming an ACT Event
ACT’s web streaming is LIVE online video broadcasts, in real time, of autism training events. Visit our web streaming page to find future events with Carol Gray and Sarah Ward, and find details on how your school, organization, or group can receive discounted rates.
Web Streaming DetailsSearch the Autism Information Database
Search over 1,300 vetted information resources related to ASD, including online articles, videos, and websites.
Featured Videos
View all videosSpecial Needs Community Events
ACT lists workshops and conferences in B.C. related to autism and other special needs that are provided by local agencies and organizations.
News from ACT on Facebook
Some time ago we posted a story from a local paper in Maine about this mother who started a salsa-making business in her kitchen, working with her autistic son. Here's an update, this time from a big daily newspaper in Boston.
Maine mom uses grilled salsa to advocate for autism - The Boston Globe
When Stephanie Lay posted a photo on Facebook of her son grilling salsa ingredients, she never imagined the order requests that would follow, and in a short period of time, the 100 stores, restaurants...An eleven-year-old boy in England has made a YouTube animation about the bullying he received at school, from pupils and teachers alike. Now the school has acknowledged the need for more education and will show his film in a school assembly.
Calls for more teacher autism training
A boy moving schools because of the handling of his autism has made an animation to show how he feels.Jane St. Jean -haven't watched it but it might be good for new classes etc!
Great that this boy has got people to listen ,it is difficult enough ,people with Autism don't need bulling
"A lot of families feel that they can't bring young children or those on the Spectrum to these concerts because of the disruption. Here, we welcome that disruption."
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra launches program for kids with autism
The school says it's a chance for kids to play and listen to instruments in a judgement-free environment.I’d be asking them to remove the image. Immediately. For me, that’s a huge breach of privacy.
And sometimes they use your kid in an ad without telling you too!
The recumbent tricycle an Ottawa woman depends on for transportation was stolen. But ten days later it reappeared, turned in to the police by a man using an assumed name, to the very great joy of its owner.
'It's incredible!': Woman with disability gets her stolen trike back
The trike came back.Not the very next day, but Thuy Do was still ecstatic that the recumbent trike she called her “freedom” was handed in to police Friday night, 10 days after a thief c…Love that she has her wheels back.
自閉症社區訓練協會 | ACT in Chinese
ACT 自閉症社區訓練協會，
是加拿大卑詩省內針對家有自閉症兒童的家庭提供諮詢及轉介服務的非營利機構。
ACT in Punjabi
ACT has been able to both create and identify valuable resources for the Punjabi-speaking community in British Columbia.
View Punjabi-language Resources