Posts Tagged ‘Answers for Autism’
How are You Spending Your Summer Vacation?
Summer is here, a time to spend quality time with your family, relax, get a tan, go to an amusement park, or maybe take that long dreamed-of trip of a lifetime. We hope your having a great vacation so far. For many SBT members and families, as well as trainers, facilitators, and other professionals, it…
Read MoreNew Theories About Causes of Autism Just Add to Confusion
Are you as tired as we are reading these types of stories that seem to pop up regularly declaring the latest in a long list of “possible” causes of autism. Using this same kind of logic, we could write that corn flakes may or may not cause autism.
Read MoreScience Writer / Autism Advocate Steve Silberman on Disorder’s Forgotten History
Steve Silberman could be considered a modern-day Renaissance Man. He is an award-winning science writer whose articles have appeared in Wired, the New Yorker, the MIT Technology Review, Nature, Salon, Shambhala Sun, and many other publications. He was awarded the AAAS “Kavli Science Journalism Award for Magazine Writing.” His featured article “The Placebo Problem” discussed…
Read MoreEmployers Look for Autistic Individuals to Fill Skilled Positions; State Agency Helps with Training and Retention
A report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) states that “some employers increasingly are viewing autism as an asset and not a deficiency in the workplace.” The article takes a look at one forward-thinking company, Germany-based SAP, a software company, has been actively looking to hire people with autism because the nature of some autism…
Read MoreGrant From Answers for Autism Helps Support April 2014 Master Trainer Conference in Fishers
The Answers for Autism Grant was recently awarded to Saved By Typing to help seed-fund our Master Trainer event on April 26-27, 2014 at Hamilton Southeastern High School. Our immediate aim is to enhance the support available for Indiana nonverbal persons who might communicate, and to develop Master Trainers in Indiana. Words cannot adequately express…
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