Special Education, Autism

Living on the Spectrum: Families Touched by Autism

Sep 17, 2015, by Dawn Gibson

Autism , Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism Statistics


Are you one of the families touched by autism? If not, do you know someone who is? Autism is a spectrum disorder that is characterized by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) as:

  • Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts;
  • Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior...
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Special Education, Autism

Touched By Autism

Sep 13, 2015, by Dawn Gibson

Autism , Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism Statistics


I will be writing a new blog series on autism. To give some background, I thought I'd begin this series with some posts I wrote several years ago. I wrote the first post in 2007, and the second post in 2013. In the past two and a half years since...
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