Reading Time: 3 minutes Some of the earliest signs apparent quite early in life – for many children even by the first birthday
Tag: Autism
Building quality of life into spaces for people with ‘invisible’ disabilities
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ensuring physical accessibility is only the beginning of creating places where people can ‘be who they are,’ says design consultant and PhD student Lara Pinchbeck
How Sesame Place is helping children with autism
Reading Time: 3 minutes The organization has always been strongly committed to the growth, development and education of children from all walks of life
Cool the hype around genetics and health care
Reading Time: 4 minutes We are a long way from identifying definitive biomarkers to illness and personalized gene therapies are likely generations away
Three ways you can help families affected by autism
Reading Time: 3 minutes Small gestures can make all the difference to someone’s day
What can we learn from one another today?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Each of us is worthy of dignity and respect. The more we embrace this truth about ourselves, the more we can see it in our neighbours.
The ‘A’ words – autism and advocacy – go hand in hand
Reading Time: 4 minutes With early intervention and the right supports, children with autism can learn and thrive. But too many doors are closed to these children
Parents have the power to release their child’s remarkable inner gifts
Reading Time: 3 minutes The talents of some children are like buried treasure. But you can trust a parent to see these precious gifts and help unearth them
No guarantee of quality supports for disabled Canadians
Reading Time: 4 minutes The tangled web of disability governance and policy in Canada needs to clarified and centralized
MedicAlert a voice for autistics in crisis situations
Reading Time: 3 minutes The MedicAlert Autism Program allows emergency responders to make better decisions to help people in times of need