Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

For many children with autism, the visual sense is their strongest. The good news/bad news is that while they rely more heavily upon visual input to learn and to navigate their world, it can be the first sense to become overstimulated.

Sensory integration may be the most difficult aspect of autism to understand, but it’s arguably the most critical.

There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.

My hearing may be hyperacute. Dozens of people jabber at once. The loudspeaker booms today’s special. Music blares from the sound system. Registers beep and cough, a coffee grinder chugs. The meat cutter screeches, babies wail, carts creak, the fluorescent lighting hums. My brain can’t filter all the input and I’m in overload!

when your “dream breaks into a million tiny little pieces, it leaves you with a choice. You can either stick with it, which is unbearable, or you can go off and dream another dream.”

you would not undertake any long journey without first learning a little about your route.

four fundamental areas: sensory processing challenges, communication delays and impairments, elusive social thinking and interaction skills, and whole child/self-esteem issues.

His quality of life was at stake, and failure was not an option