Technology & Assistive Tools
PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) is a simple, step-by-step way to teach someone to communicate using pictures, photos, or symbols. It’s made for people who have little or no speech, and it starts with a really basic idea: if you want something, hand someone a picture of it, and then they will give it to…
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By Anthony KaDarrell Thigpen Email: Anthony_thigpen@aol.com AUTISM ACADEMY – Special needs educators at the Autism Academy, a school for children with autism, located in Tempe,AZ, are using podcast, robotics, coding, typing, MobyMax, and computers to advance instructional objectives. Classroom technology at Autism Academy campuses encompass all kinds of tools, including PCI reading and math for…
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Anthony KaDarrell Thigpen Anthony_thigpen@aol.com AUTISM ACADEMY – An innovative introductory Robotics course is motivating middle and high school students to think critically. The Autism Academy, a school for children with autism in Tempe, AZ, offers rigorous and challenging classes that best benefit students beyond the borders of the classroom. Robotics and Computer Coding teacher…
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By Anthony KaDarrell Thigpen Anthony_Thigpen@aol.com At the Autism Academy, a school for children with autism, we want to ensure that you have all of the information you need to make the best decision for your child. We offer an education for children with autism, however, what happens if you child is newly diagnosed? Read below…
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As most parents of children with autism will attest, video has long played an important role in the treatment of autism, ranging from early autism-focused DVD’s to the many autism-focused apps out there for iPads and other tablet devices. As interaction and communication is central to engaging children with autism, many therapists and experts do…
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After looking back at 2014 to see the advances researchers and therapists made last year in the increased understanding and treatment of autism, this week brings a number of recent news items that should be a source of hope for the many families around the world who have a family member with autism. To start,…
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A few weeks back, we covered the story of Owen Suskind, who after he was diagnosed with autism at the age of three all but disappeared from any kind of social interaction with his family and kids his age. Instead, he seemed to spend all of his time watching Disney movies. However, his parents soon…
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One of the exciting aspects of living in an age where the majority of the population has video-capturing abilities on their phones is that moments of wonder, which used to live by word of mouth, can now be easily captured and shared with the world. In addition to looking at two stories that show technology’s…
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As we review the major studies on autism each week, often it can be easy to focus solely on research into the cause and possible cure of autism. But autism research covers much more than that and this week we’re looking at two different studies; one that points to a new treatment method and another…
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As we’ve investigated extensively over the past year, researchers and scientists are constantly developing new and more efficient ways to test to see if an individual has autism. However, the work of a team of researchers from Duke Medical Center could totally transform the accessibility of a diagnosis and the process by which a diagnosis…
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