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New Seclusion & Restraint Bill Introduced

Via PRNewswire - Last Friday Senator Bill Harkin (D-IA) introduced a new federal bill - The Keeping All Students Safe Act - to protect school children from dangerous, sometimes deadly, restraint and seclusion practices and techniques. From the press release issued by the National Autism Association: "It's estimated that over the last five years, more than 200 students, many with disabilities, have died due to seclusion and restraints being used in schools."

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Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:13

Let's Get Literal

submitted by kidspeak

“What do you mean?”
“Get to the point?”
“Are you being sarcastic?”
“What are you trying to say?”
“Are you joking?”
We hear these questions all the time. Why? Because we constantly use inferences, humor, sarcasm, slang and non-literal language to communicate. The style of language we use paints an auditory picture of our personalities. It helps make us who we are. The tricky thing is, some people have a difficult time interpreting non-literal language, especially those with Autism Spectrum Disorders.


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Fri, 10/29/2010 - 13:54

The Mania of Medication Management

submitted by Mika

The Mania of Medication Management


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Mon, 07/12/2010 - 10:08

SpotUniversity Multimedia Training Platform

SpotUniversity.com is a multimedia training platform developed by projectLD (the creators of AutismSpot.com). In September 2008, we celebrated the one year anniversary of AutismSpot.com with the release of SpotUniversity. Originally, we had planned to focus only on schools, districts, and university settings. Since the release, we have continued to receive requests to produce and film corporate training and deliver it through the SpotUniversity platform.

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Wed, 01/28/2009 - 11:58

Benefits of a Great School

Pam Newell describes how her son was diagnosed and later how he has benefited from a wonderful school.

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Mon, 07/28/2008 - 14:23

You're Missing Out

submitted by KentPotter

AutismSpot is FREE so that everyone has the opportunity to learn something new, share their experiences on MySpot, get their daily news update on the top Autism stories, and easily be able to pass along an invitation to family/friends/neighbors/teachers/doctors/etc to join AutismSpot to learn more about Autism and life after the diagnosis.


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Wed, 07/16/2008 - 09:33

Moving School Districts

Dr. McMillan shares her best practices for how to introduce a child to a new school district when dealing with ASD. Create a checklist that can be used when enrolling a child with an ASD in a new school and new district.

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Mon, 12/03/2007 - 21:42
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