Double your donation! $50,000 in matching funds to support ACT
ACT has reached half of our goal of raising $50,000 by December 25th! The generous donation of matching funds from the Ross-Dwyer family means the value of those donations is over $50,000. With less than two weeks to go, we are appealing to those who have used ACT’s free services to give what you can, in honour of the autism community.
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!
New Autism Videos Every Week
Part of the Online Mental Health & Autism Project.
The Relationship between Anxiety and Social Competence – Dr. Grace Iarocci Implementing Modified CBT in a Group Format to Treat Anxiety in Children with ASD – Dr. Krista Johnston Understanding mental health problems and ASD – evidence-based case conceptualization to inform treatment planning – Dr. Jonathan Weiss
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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.
Herring Sale for Autism
To kick off fundraising in 2019, ACT – Autism Community Training will benefit from a ‘Herring for Autism Sale’, sponsored by Oceanside Fisheries, on Saturday, January 12 in Steveston, Richmond, the heart of the Lower Mainland’s fishing industry. Herring is a delicacy in many cuisines and used as baitfish in sportfishing.
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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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An Australian mother writes (with her daughter’s permission) about her daughter on the spectrum, the misconceptions people can have, the difficulties of getting a diagnosis, and the things that have helped her daughter.
What it's really like to have a daughter with autism
kidspot.com.au
"She’s like a young Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. So you wouldn’t know she has it if you don’t know her or what the signs of autism in females are."...A nine-year-old Victoria boy on the spectrum has some unusual abilities.
Victoria’s very own child prodigy – The Martlet
martlet.ca
Meet Jose Miguel Valdes Rodriguez, a nine-year-old boy with autism who’s already completed pre-calculus 11, knows how to do trigonometry and algebra, can name up to the first 2...“Rain Man’s legacy for autism is complex; a mixture of incredibly positive impact and enduring misinterpretation.” Thirty years later, a look at the positives and negatives that came out of the film Rain Man.
Rain Man at 30: damaging stereotype or 'the best thing that happened to autism'?
theguardian.com
Barry Levinson’s Oscar-winning hit was one of the first on-screen depictions of autism. Three decades on, its legacy is complicated
Rain Man is a good movie but it's not a very good autism movie
Before there was a language people understood this was all there was to describe it. This was made decades ago when I was a child. Autistics like my aunt got locked up. Schools were segragated mostly until grade 7. It was a differant world and judging it by what we know today takes it out of context. In the 80s the doctors had no idea what was going on. Its hard to expect film makers to do better. For the time this was progressive. These things were hidden. Locked away.
I mean it wasn't even based on a guy who actually had autism
An opinion piece from autistic author John Elder Robison on the use of restraint. Do you agree with the points he makes?
Restraint of People with Autism and Developmental Disability
psychologytoday.com
Some institutions can restrain people against their will. Should it be allowed?
No! Never restrain autistic people.
That's how people die.
Absolutely not! As I always say to those who believe this is the thing to do, "think of yourself, your already stressed , experiancing fight or flight, do you really want someone to be restraining you on top of it", the answer I always get is NO, then my come back is "why on earth do you believe anyone would be okay with being restrained"!!!
Special 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.
View Community Events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