Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to the Spectrum community newsletter. Autism researchers pondered autism prevalence questions on Twitter this week after two new estimates came out. Jack Underwood, a clinical research fellow at the University of Cardiff in Wales, posted a thread on new work that found an eight-fold increase in autism diagnoses […]
New Delhi: 3% of the total available seating for new entrants in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) are horizontally reserved for children with disabilities. The following measures were implemented for disabled children in KVs and JNVs: – i) Barrier-free access for students with disabilities is an integral part of the Vidyalaya building […]
The August launch of the U.K.-based autism research project Spectrum 10K sparked a firestorm of negative comments about the study’s aims from autistic people and their allies. The researchers have paused the project while they seek more guidance from autistic community members. “They’re backtracking and backpedaling furiously, and it was completely avoidable,” says Sarah Douglas, […]
Are you pulling your hair out and thinking about how to reduce your frustration and improve your ADHD child’s collaboration? Wonder why charts, reminders, and incentives don’t get your kids to do the things they need to do, especially when they have ADHD and related challenges? Real collaboration – working with your child to find […]
A customer emailed me in a panic. She asked if I could offer her any words of wisdom or a “mantra” to cross her mind – something that would help keep her from getting on the defensive. She was dreading a school meeting with teachers about her 8th grade and expected them to tell her […]
In these days in particular, it is downright scary for many children to prepare for the start of a new school year. According to a survey of 600 teenagers on kidshealth.org, only 10% of students had no particular concerns about going back to school in the fall in the days leading up to the pandemic. […]
In a touching turn of events, a cashier with autism stepped up to help a veteran who couldn’t pay his full grocery bill. We are so glad that there are stories like these that show that there is still good in the world! Briar Poirier was already known and loved in the small town of […]
Many of us seem struggling to find a balance in raising children with ADHD and other challenges – more and more these days. Sometimes balance as a parent seems unattainable, maybe even impossible. But it’s closer than you think – especially when you consider that balance is a process, not a goal! Small steps can […]
