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Practical Strategies for Supporting Mental Wellness of Teenage Girls and Women with ASD
Girls and women with autism are often hard to identify due to their polished rote social skills and internalized ASD characteristics. This presentation discusses clinical techniques to help support girls and women on the spectrum.
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A family in the Toronto area is calling for better police training after a toy gun brought about a frightening consequence for their son on the spectrum.
‘I’m scared of the police,’ mother says after son with autism tackled over a toy gun
toronto.ctvnews.ca
Zakiyeh Rezaee says her family was just in the middle of dinner last Saturday when there was a knock on the front door of their Etobicoke home. Moments later, she says, a team of police officers was t...
I agree that, according to the events described in this article, the police need to respond more responsibly. AND I would caution anyone (with it without ASD/other special needs) to NOT own toy guns. I’m almost fifty years old. When I was a child, my parents wouldn’t allow toy guns. They even took away a small, burled stick from me that I was wielding like a toy gun (I was around five at the time). My dad owned hunting rifles - which he stored responsibly. My parents rationale was that guns were not toys. If we thought they were toys - we could mistakingly pick up a real, loaded gun and hurt ourselves or someone else. We were taught to respect guns as a dangerous tool, only to ge used by a trained person in specific conditions (ie - hunting or police/military work). I have a son (now 13 years old) who has autism and I will not let him own or hold anything that resembles a gun. Too many things can go wrong (as this article describes). I still support the parents and hope that their son heals from the trauma caused by the excessive force used by the police. I still support better training for police response to situations involving those with special needs. I also support considering guns and toys are completely separate thing - especially in this day and age of increased gun violence and the fear of gun violence.
I agree with Linda YuillLinda. I also have a son with autism and its horrible the way this went down but what are the police supposed to do. Ask the person holding a gun if they have autism?
This angers me!! The police are taking no account into their actions. Instead of asking questions they attack!! If I was the mom I wouldn't of let them in the house without a warrent!!
A story about a former deputy prime minister of Australia and his autistic son. Some of the themes will be familiar to many families: a post-diagnosis parental career change and worries about the future, followed by delight that the son on the spectrum has come so far and is living a happy life.
As he fights terminal leukaemia, Tim Fischer sees a bright future for his 'proudly autistic' son
abc.net.au
Tim Fischer was loved and respected across the political divide. Now as the former deputy prime minister battles life-threatening illness, he takes comfort from his autistic son Harrison’s growing i...An American company has found a market niche: they specialize in vacation rentals for families who have a child or children on the spectrum, with properties that are quieter, with less stimulation and more space.
Vacation Rental Startup VillaKey Obtains Global Certified Autism Center Designation
forbes.com
Miami-based vacation rental company VillaKey just received International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) Certified Autism Center global designation --announced as th...“I wonder if that’s the reason my children love Marvel characters so much: they seem to have a vulnerability to them that makes them instantly relatable.”
‘My sons have autism – so Stan Lee’s superheroes were invaluable to them’
Lee’s characters were outsiders, and they knew and accepted it. They showed my children that it is OK to be different
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