Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'
Autism was not a recognized disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, nor for well over a century after her death. However there certainly appear to have been people who had autism, and Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer proposes that Austen puzzled over and wrote about some of their behaviours just as we do today. So Odd a Mixture closely examines eight ......
Runner up for the 2007 NASEN & TES Book Award in The Inclusive Resource for Secondary Classroom Award categoryOnly people with autism truly know what it's like to be autistic and even then, every autistic individual is unique! This award-winning short film by Rory Hoy, an 18-year-old filmmaker with autism, provides a privileged glimpse into his ......
Me, My Emotions, and My Brother with Asperger's Syndrome
It isn't easy being eight years old and having a brother five years older who other children find weird. They don't know that when he makes strange jerky movements it's probably because he is scared. They don't know that when he doesn't speak to them it's because he is nervous of socializing. They don't realize that he behaves that way because he ......
A Theatrical Approach to Teaching Social Understanding to Kids and Teens with Asperger Syndrome
Cindy B. Schneider has been a special education teacher for 20 years. She is currently Director of her own Acting Antics Theatre Company and Autism Consultant for Chester County Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania USA. She lives in Morgantown, PA.
Professor Ian Stuart-Hamilton is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Glamorgan, Wales. He has over thirty years' research experience in a wide variety of psychological techniques and settings. The Psychology of Ageing is now translated into 16 languages, and was awarded a British Medical Association Book of the Year award in ......
Using Play to Enhance Emotional and Behavioural Development for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Naomi Chedd is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Educational Consultant in private practice. Naomi and Karen Levine have worked collaboratively with children with autism and developmental disabilities for more than ten years. They have written many articles for families, therapists and educators and frequently present at conferences.
Sofie Koborg Brøsen is eleven years old and, like other children of her age, goes to a mainstream school, loves watching cartoons and being with her family and her cat, Teddy. But Sofie is not the same as everyone else she has autism spectrum disorder. Fed up of being misunderstood and teased by her classmates, she has written a book about her ......
Strategies and Solutions for People with Asperger's Syndrome
Bullying is a serious problem in schools and children on the autism spectrum are particularly at risk of being victimized if they display different behavior, such as not understanding rules, having bad handwriting or flapping their hands.Being Bullied describes the various types of peer abuse taunting, nicknames, damaging property, stealing, ......
Vicki Lundine is the District Career Facilitator for the Campbell River School District and a valued member of the Career Education Society of British Columbia, Canada.
