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Expressive language is difficult for children with autism, and results in frustration and academic challenges. Fortunately, there are visual...
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Find out more about L. Mae: L. Mae Wilkinson is a writer, autism advocate and parent of an 8-year old child with autism and ADHD. Mae began her career in advertising, has held senior marketing positions within the financial and travel industries, and now freelances as a marketing sciences consultant. Mae completed her undergraduate degree in English and international relations. She holds an M.A. in international political economics and has completed coursework in advocacy leadership and business administration. She is the founder of Autism is Not the Boss.com, a contributing reporter to Autism Hangout and the St. Louis Examiner for Autism and Parenting. She lives with her husband and son in St. Louis, where she is a volunteer parent mentor through various university autism centers in Missouri. Contact Mae at autism_is_not_boss@prodigy.net. |
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- The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions and Seclusion (APRAIS)
- Committee on Education and Labor
- NATIONAL: Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
- FLORIDA: Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
- MISSOURI: Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
- PENNSYLVANIA: Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
- Coalition Against Institutionalized Child Abuse
- Families Against Restraint and Seclusion Yahoo Group
- Unsafe in the Schoolhouse: Abuse of Children with Disabilities (COPAA Survey)
- SECLUSION AND RESTRAINTS: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers (GAO report, May 19, 2009)
- Steps to protect your child from abusive restraint or seclusion in schools
- National Institute of Mental Health: Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders)
- Wikipedia: Autism
- Centers for Disease Control: Early Signs of Developmental Delays
- American Academy of Pediatrics: What are autism spectrum disorders and what are the symptoms?
- Kennedy Krieger: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
- Autism Speaks: Diagnosis of Autism
- Autism Society: About Autism
