Advice, Resources and Training for Autism and Special Education Teachers and Homeschoolers
In this guest post, Ashleigh Wilmot, Digital Journalist at Fixers, gives an insight into the personal experiences of young people with autism and shares some top tips on how best teachers can support them throughout their school life. Read on to find out more.
We all know the struggles that can go on with clothing and our children who are diagnosed with Autism. And there’s so many issues that they can have with clothing! It’s hard to find clothing these days that won’t have an affect on them. Especially when shopping for school uniform. So today, we’re looking at sensory friendly clothing. Read on… Read More
After having the summer off, your child may find it hard and stressful to get back into the school routine. They may not want to go back. Staying home, having fun, going out, doing different things can be so exciting for them. This makes the thought of going back daunting. So, how can you help prepare your child to go… Read More
It’s that time of year when I see so many wonderful teachers find out that their contract isn’t being renewed. I can’t imagine the feeling of the worry leading up to this moment for you all. To many of us, teaching is the thing that we want to do the most, to have this taken away must be devastating. Recently,… Read More
Today I’m dedicating this blog post to sharing information about autism and girls. In this blog post you’ll find facts, statistics and research based information discussing autism and girls.. I’ve also included some reasons why our female population is experiencing under-diagnosis or mis-diagnosis of autism. What is Autism? If you’re new here, I’d recommend checking out this blog post to… Read More
School provides consistency and routine for our autistic children. So, when school is out for summer – or school breaks throughout the year, our children can find it hard to cope. Today I’m sharing my tips for autism and school holidays. Summer holidays are scary for many families of children with autism. It’s a lot time to fill. Plus, a… Read More
Autism and teeth grinding is one of the most common subjects I get asked about. And most often, it’s from family members who are worried about the effect grinding teeth will have on their child’s teeth, mouth and jaw in the long term. But, also, the constant grinding of teeth can start to become frustrating for them. And that’s ok… Read More
Without a doubt, the most common question that I get asked is ‘What is Autism?’ In this blog post today I’m going to be talking all about what autism is. So whether you are here as an individual yourself who is perhaps considering a diagnosis for yourself.. Or you’re a parent of an autistic child, or even a teacher trying… Read More
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a couple of days now, but for I’ve been lost for words. I was notified this past week that I had been voted in the Top 10 UK Autism Blogs/Websites! I’m number 1 on the website and I just can’t thank you all enough.
If you’re a regular follower of ‘Teaching Autism’ then you’ll have noticed something a little bit different with my website. It’s had a whole new design! And it now has an online shop where you can shop right here on Teaching Autism. A big thank you to Jumping Jax Designs for making my website everything that I wanted. This… Read More
