Autism is widely known for a handful of common symptoms. Depending on the severity of the individual’s symptoms they can display some physical manifestations as well. Those physical and more visual symptoms are called repetitive behaviors. Autism research has long...
Temperament and by extension, temper, is a complex thing to understand. There’s a lot to consider when taking stock of somebody’s temperament and how they might lose or maintain their temper. Besides the external environmental factors, people’s temperament is often...
As an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy provider for children on the autism spectrum, we often tend to focus on autism in children. However, autism is a lifelong experience that can affect adults in a variety of ways. If you’re a parent of a child on the...
Regression can be a scary word to hear. It invokes feelings of negativity and failure, but what does it really mean, from a behavioral standpoint, and how does it relate to Autism? In this post, we’ll discuss what regression is and its relation to children on the...
Many parents of children on the spectrum worry that their child can never have the level of freedom their neurotypical peers experience in adulthood. While for some this may be true to one extent or another, independence is something that can be built in any child on...
