Book Focuses on Autism Spectrum Disorders
The Autism News | English
By WDAM
HATTIESBURG, MS (THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI) – Dr. Frances A. Karnes, Distinguished University Professor of Gifted Education at The University of Southern Mississippi and Dr. Kristen Stephens, assistant professor of practice at Duke University, have co-edited another mini-series book published by Prufrock Press.
“Enhancing Communication in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders” presents an overview of impairments in communication among children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A variety of techniques for implementing interventions are highlighted, including applied behavior analysis, token economy systems, and social skills groups, among others.
The authors are Southern Miss assistant professor of psychology and child clinical psychologist Dr. Tammy Barry and Southern Miss clinical psychology doctoral students Stephanie Bader and Theodore Tomeny.
The book also outlines specific interventions for communication for nonverbal children, children with limited verbal communication and high-functioning verbal children with idiosyncratic communication styles. Issues with facilitated communication and other alternative therapies are also addressed.
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Posing Naked (Sorta) For Autism
The Autism News | English
By DFO | The Spokesman Review
Marsha Cunningham, Debby Sims, Barbara Weber, and Lavonne Northcutt, members of the Knotty Knitters, pose for The News Tribune behind a white fence draped with hand knit scarves in Tacoma. Marsha Cunningham’s grandchildren Josef and Mollee Cunningham, 7-year-old twins with autism, are the inspiration for the upcoming 2011 Knitting Naked for Autism Calendar, featuring eight Pierce County knitters and one from New York State, tastefully draped in knit goods. Most of the proceeds will go to getting the twins the treatments that have shown promise. Cunningham is also making the calendar available to other autism groups that want to use it as a fundraiser. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Drew Perine)
Question: Is there a cause that would prompt you to post naked — tastefully — for a calendar to raise money?
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