Tag: Diagnosis Support
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How to help a Dyslexic child: 10 ways you can make a difference
We have a guest post today from Kate Griggs, the Made by Dyslexia founder, and following the release of her new book This is Dyslexia. We are chatting about how to help a dyslexic child, whether you are a parent or an educator. This Is Dyslexia is the second book written by Made By Dyslexia Founder…
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OCD and autism: Understanding the difference in children
Anxiety, obsessions and compulsions; on the face of it, there would seem to be many similarities between obsessive compulsive disorder – OCD and autism. In fact, studies have shown that autism and OCD can often accompany each other, and a Danish study carried out in 2014, later published in PLOS ONE, stated that: “People with…
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After Early Intervention for Verbal Apraxia
Since my son’s initial diagnosis of verbal apraxia three years ago, I have cried three times a year. This usually occurs around evaluations, meetings, and one other random moment in time when I realise how much my boy struggles to do something the rest of us take for granted. As he gets older I have…
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Verbal Apraxia: An introduction to our diagnosis
As a baby my son was a talker; he babbled, cooed, and screeched loudly bringing smiles to our faces. We would laugh joyously as he yelled, “ba ba ba” at the top of his lungs. I said he will be an early talker and everyone agreed. But soon one and a half passed us by…
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Parenting an Autistic Child: 5 top tips from lived experience
Walk into any bookshop and there are shelves of self-help books, absolutely loads. Books on increasing self-confidence, pregnancy, diet, positivity…the list would seem to be endless. Until you become part of a new “club”, one that you weren’t necessarily aware when your child was newborn that you’d be “joining”, due to the fact it’s an…
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How to explain autism to children
We have the wonderful Steph from Steph’s Two Girls guesting on the site today, who has a truly inspirational blog that helps many to understand autism and pathological demand avoidance. Steph can explain things so much better than we can….Nowadays, there are lots of children with autism attending mainstream schools (or trying to, but that’s…