"NARROW BUT DEEP" OR "CIRCUMSCRIBED, OBSESSIVE"? SPECIAL INTERESTS IN AUTISM
Parents and professionals who work with autistic individuals need to be educated on the many positive functions the special interests have.
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Yulika Forman
Jan 6, 20206 min read
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: CAMOUFLAGE (MASKING) IN AUTISTIC GIRLS AND WOMEN
Girls and women on the spectrum are often overlooked, diagnosed with other conditions, or diagnosed later in life when compared to boys.
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Yulika Forman
Dec 30, 20194 min read
CHALLENGE: USING SKILLS EVERY TIME YOU NEED TO
Imagine if your car's brakes worked only some of the time, and you would have no way of predicting when they will work and when they won't.
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Yulika Forman
Dec 22, 20192 min read
AUTISTIC HUMANS = HUMANS
"Society defines disabled people as incompetent, inferior, and permanently infantile." Lydia X.Z. Brown
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Yulika Forman
Dec 16, 20195 min read
"MILD" AND "HIGH-FUNCTIONING:" THE MISLEADING QUALIFIERS OF AUTISM
Mild autism doesn’t mean one experiences autism mildly . . . It means YOU experience their autism mildly.
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Yulika Forman
Dec 13, 20198 min read
CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND DIVORCE: BEYOND THE OBVIOUS
Children with autism require special approach because they are less capable of coping with the social and emotional aspects of divorce.
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Yulika Forman
Dec 9, 20199 min read
WHEN YOUR IEP TEAM DEFLECTS WITH AN EXCUSE... DON'T LET THEM
School after school, district after district, year in and year out, with inevitable predictability, I hear the same excuses.
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Yulika Forman
Dec 5, 20195 min read
SENSORY PROCESSING ON AN IEP or 504: WHAT, WHY AND HOW
Sensory differences should always be considered as a factor a child on the autism spectrum, even if the child is not showing any distress.
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Yulika Forman
Dec 2, 20195 min read
SCHOOLS AS PRISONS? ON USE OF SECLUSION AND ISOLATION
Children were put in rooms alone, with adults outside writing down their every move.
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Yulika Forman
Nov 25, 201914 min read
On Holidays and Meltdowns, but Mostly on Meltdowns
As the holiday season is coming upon us, those of us connected to autism find ourselves thinking about meltdowns.
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Yulika Forman
Nov 21, 201910 min read
The Secrets of Service Delivery Grid for Autism IEP
Each grid has a distinct purpose. If you understand what it is and how to use it, your child’s IEP is going to serve him/her so much better.
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Yulika Forman
Nov 18, 201911 min read
WHAT'S TRUE, WHAT'S NOT, WHAT'S UP: AUTISM AND PAIN
The title of the article sounded like a horror movie title. I needed to know more.
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Yulika Forman
Nov 14, 20197 min read
When your child is just diagnosed: what to know
The day of diagnosis is impactful and never forgotten. Your child is the same as before, yet everything is d
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Yulika Forman
Nov 9, 20192 min read
Seeing the "Invisible" Challenges
I have been wondering for a while why it can be so difficult to help IEP teams see certain challenges that can be so obvious to...
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