Posted by Cathy Jameson From my personal notes, November 15, 2010: Ronan said ball today. He was watching a video of School House Rock and there was a ball on the screen. The result was “bahhhwl” while he was also signing it. Hello pre-linguistic boy whom I love so much! Ronan signed and told Ball […]
Sebastian Kessler, a 17-year-old teenager with autism, has a daily routine that helps him feel good. But when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Kessler was pushed out of his routine. His mother Ida introduced him to art, which since then has not only given him a new routine, but also his voice. It turns out […]
A California mother is furious after her eight-year-old daughter, who has severe autism, was dropped off at the wrong school. An Elk Grove Unified bus driver was supposed to take Julie Munoz’s daughter Gabby to the Carroll Elementary in Elk Grove, but was dropped off at Franklin Elementary instead. Gabby is non-verbal, which made the […]
14-year-old Della Calder is nonverbal due to a rare genetic condition called Bainbridge-Ropers syndrome, which is caused by changes in the ASXL3 gene. According to Spark for Autism, it’s linked to nutritional difficulties, low muscle tone, intellectual disability, and sometimes autism. Della was only one of four people who were known when she was diagnosed […]
Chrissie Render’s son Zac was diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay shortly before he turned three. Since then, and before, Chrissie has looked for things that could calm her son, enhance his educational experience, and stimulate him to communicate verbally. Now the family seems to have found a helpful tool to do this. A […]
