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An Experiment with Music

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On a whim I bought my kids a guitar.  I’ve been thinking about it for a while.  Gus loves music and his sister had been asking for a guitar for ages (usually for my electric antique, and there’s no way she’s getting that one).  They have a slew of other instruments, including an electric drum […]


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Fifty-Two Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-verbal Learning Disorder and High Functioning Autism

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I spent the day at a fantastic lecture by Dr. John M. Ortiz, Ph.D., founder of the Asperger’s Institute , called: “52 Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-verbal Learning Disorder and Autism’. While he didn’t get to all of the strategies, he covered many, and I learned a great deal about Asperger’s that I […]


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Zacbrowser Review

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I learned from a couple of sources that there is a new browser created especially for autistic children called ZAC - Zone for Autistic Children. I downloaded and tested the available beta version and also let my five year old at it. Gus was at school, but they have similar abilities and interests […]


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Sensory Integration - Try a Little Music

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My son has very sensitive hearing.  When he was in Early Intervention, his Occupational Therapist tried AIT or Auditory Integration Therapy with him to prevent some of his meltdowns.  Auditory Integration Therapy is a method that uses music modulated to remove different frequencies at random throughout a half hour CD.   That was a particularly rough year - […]