Autism Toolkit of Georgia
Autism Toolkit of Georgia
Sensory integration therapy works using the assumption that by doing tasks that require a lot of sensory processing, sensory systems and the brain will form a stronger connection. Having a stronger sensory system – brain connection will help children learn how to respond to different types of sensory stimulation in less extreme ways.View Resource
Over the years, doctors and researchers have devised different ways of describing the support needs of autistic people. For a variety of reasons, some of those systems have fallen out of common use and others have found their way into popular culture. These days, doctors usually describe autism using levels of severityView Resource
Many autistic individuals have behaviors that may benefit from behavior modification. When used in a psychological sense, reinforcement and punishment are not meant to be upsetting. Simply, the purpose of reinforcement is to increase desired behaviors, while punishment hopes to decrease maladaptive behaviors.View Resource
A gaming disorder (GD), or an addiction to games, is a behavioral addiction that can be more common in autistic people than in typically developing individuals.View Resource
Autistic children can be very particular about what they eat, which can make meal planning very difficult for parents. It might be tempting to chalk autistic peoples’ food preferences up to picky eating, but autistic people often have sensory processing issues that can make eating certain foods upsetting.View Resource