Exploring Alternative Modalities to Address Anxiety and Regulation – by a panel of adults affected by ASD
Presented by Ruth Elaine Hane, Valerie Paradiz, PhD, Greg Yates at the Fall 2012 Autism Research Institute Confernce
Published: 12/07/2012
Ms. Hane, a health consultant, was born with Infantile Autism. Defying a prediction of intellectual disability in grade school, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude with a B.S. in human ecology. She overcame Prosopagnosia (face blindness) inventing the Hane Face Window® based on structural learning. Ruth Elaine was recently the Midwest Director for the Autism Society of America. She is a contributing author to Sharing Our Wisdom, and Ask and Tell, plus numerous articles about autism. She is the owner of owner of Chi Field Healthcare Minneapolis, MN.
Understanding and Treating Autism: Book Series
A new book, titled Understanding and Treating Sleep Disturbances in Autism, is now available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers. The book is edited by ARI's executive director, Stephen M. Edelson, and past ARI
Psychiatric diagnoses are common in young women with autism
Young women with autism are hospitalized for psychiatric conditions at a much higher rate than women without autism, according to a new study. The findings of the study were reported by Miriam
Understanding and Treating Challenging Behaviors
Part One: Challenges when your son or daughter is experiencing a difficult time Paul Shattock provides a parent's perspective on handling his son Jamie’s challenging behaviors and describes the experiences of other families
Live Q&A: Sensory Strategies at Home
Moira Peña, BScOT, MOT, OT, Reg. (Ont.), answers questions about sensory strategies for home. This recorded live question and answer session was a follow-up to our two-part series on brain and sensory processing
Sensory-Friendly Strategies for Home – Part 2
Moira Peña, BScOT, MOT, OT Reg (Ont.), discusses sensory processing strategies for home. She describes how atypical sensory processing affects lived experiences of individuals with autism and outlines three sensory profiles. Peña dives
Brain & Sensory Processing Differences Across the Lifespan
Fakhri Shafai, Ph.D., M.Ed., discusses sensory differences experienced by individuals with autism across the lifespan. She describes atypical neuronal migration and synaptic pruning and outlines how such differences in brain development lead