EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES & VIDEOS

These articles and videos provide helpful knowledge to families raising or caring for individuals with Autism.

EDUCATIONAL ARTicles

Preventing Wandering: Resources for Parents and First Responders

22 Tips for Teaching Students with Autism

The Ultimate Guide to Water Safety for Parents and Caregivers of Children with Autism

Teaching Your Child About Peers with Special Needs

Social Skills and Autism

Teaching College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism and Addiction: Coping with and Treating Your Dual Diagnosis

VIDEO FROM AUTISM SPEAKS
Adults with Autism Suffer High Rates of Most Major Disorders

Large new study extends findings of earlier research on high rates of medical and psychiatric conditions among children with autism.

VIDEO FROM AUTISM SPEAKS
Training adults with autism for tech jobs

A San Francisco non-profit organization trains adults with autism for jobs in Silicon Valley. 

VIDEO FROM LEARN NC
Supporting autistic students

Autism teacher Maureen Ostrander talks about some of the measures in place at her school to support students with autism.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Missouri Family-to-Family Resource Center has a number of excellent webinars and information for families of individual with Autism. Sign up here.
Autism Speaks has a number for videos and other resources available here.

VIDEO from NAt'l Autism Society
What it Autism?

General awareness video about the unique symptoms and characteristics of Autism.

VIDEO from NAtional Center 
for learning disabilities
Autism Spectrum disorder

Learn about the different disorders  and core features that fall under the Autism Spectrum. 

Video from behavior frontiers
Do you know the signs?

Explore common behavior associated with Autism and what to do if you child displays them.

VIDEO FROM Cafe moms
what happens TO kids  with autism  when they grow up

Video about children with Autism as well as what will happen when they reach adulthood and when government funding for their care expires.

VIDEO FROM AUTISM SPEAKS
BEing a dad to a child with autism

Explore the joys and fears associated with being the parent of a newly-diagnosed child with autism.