Autism

If your child has recently been diagnosed, or you’re a professional working for the first time with children or adults on the autism spectrum, this can be an uncertain time, indeed. You will feel confused and doubt just about everything about yourself and your ability to survive, let alone thrive.

We’ve put together the following very basic information to ease your transition, introduce you to common terminology, and link you to other trusted sources of information. 

Be curious, be brave, believe in yourself and the child you love or with whom you work, and you’ll both be rewarded and enriched by the journey you are embarking upon.

Autism 101 ................

http://www.autismdigest.com/autisminformation/tabid/63/Default.aspx

News & Tidbits of Interest on All Things ASD Related

What’s a Newsbite?

Newsbites are focused, brief selections spotlighting an idea, product, teaching strategy, research study, a GFCF recipe or cooking tip – anything that widens your understanding of ASDs and our community. Newsbites are scattered throughout each issue of the Autism Asperger’s Digest.

Check back regularly! We’ll add and subtract newsbites to the site on a regular basis.

http://www.autismdigest.com/TopNavigationPages/newsbites/tabid/56/Default.aspx#U1

 Autism Mothers

The Autism File Campaign ... Get Involved!

Due to the huge impact the front cover of the forthcoming April issue is receiving, many mothers of children with autism have contacted us to say they want to get involved.

Mothers are already getting together in groups of 6 and emulating our campaign shot and YouTube clip in their own style. Mothers around the world of all different shapes, colour and size are demonstrating how autism mothers are strong and are 'Delivering Where Governments Have Failed'.

Striking the same pose with the same headlines makes mothers of autism a powerful force as we unite around the world. This is not about expensive cameras, photographers and make up artists; it's about us, the mothers showing our strength. So, grab a camera and 5 other mums and have some fun!

"The campaign is about strength, not weakness, it's about demanding support not hoping for it and it's about how we, the parents are having to deliver where our governments have failed", says Polly Tommey.
 
http://www.autismfile.com/