simple country Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Autism is a developmental disability. Children with autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder or ASD, have social, communication and language problems. They also have restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities, such as flipping objects, echolalia, or excessive smelling or touching of objects. Autism may be mild or severe. All children with autism don't have the exact same problems. Children with autism may have the following social and communication skills and common behaviors: Social Skills Your child may have problems using social skills to connect with other people. He may seem to be in his own world. It may be hard for him to share a common focus with another person about the same object or event-known as joint attention;play with others and share toys;understand feelings;make and keep friends. Communication Skills Your child may have trouble with communication skills like understanding, talking with others, reading or writing. Sometimes, she might lose words or other skills that she's used before. Your child may have problems understanding and using gestures, like pointing, waving, or showing objects to others;following directions;understanding and using words;having conversations;learning to read or write. Or she may read early but without understanding the meaning—called hyperlexia. Your child also may repeat words just heard or words heard days or weeks earlier-called echolalia (pronounced ek-o-lay-le-a);talk with little expression or use a sing-song voice;use tantrums to tell you what he does or does not want. Common Behaviors A child with autism may have trouble changing from one activity to the next;flap hands, rock, spin or stare;get upset by certain sounds;like only a few foods;have limited and unusual interests-for example, talk about only one topic or keep staring at one toy. How is autism diagnosed? It is important to have your child evaluated by professionals who know about autism. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), typically as part of a team, may diagnose autism. The team might include pediatricians, neurologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and developmental specialists, among others. SLPs play a key role because problems with social skills and communication are often the first symptoms of autism. SLPs should be consulted early in the evaluation process. There are a number of tests and observational checklists available to evaluate children with developmental problems. The most important information, however, comes from parents and caregivers who know the child best and can tell the SLP and others all about the child's behavior. Source: http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/Autism/ Zogradia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 We are going to do this, but I don't want to "rush" it as I'd also like to invite other regions, perhaps the feeders and other GCRs, and a general open invitation to the rest of NS in the GP forums. Is there an existing date for this kind of stuff, or we can just select any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple country Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 We can select any. It's actually in April by the way. But if it ends in May or beyond, I don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Yeah it was actually last Saturday https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/world-autism-awareness-day Ok... Then let's plan this for next week. I'm going to post a thing in the feeders, the sinkers and the GP forum TOMORROW and we can start next Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple country Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Autism Speaks? I don't like that organization. They want to try and cure autism. I don't want to be cured, I want to be blended in like everybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malviet Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Speaking as FA Minister of TWP, I will notify the Warzones; considering they were the first to start this campaign I believe it will be adequate to have them join. And speaking as Sky Lord of Warzone Airspace, WZAI will participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Awesome news Malv! Thanks for taking it to the Warzones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 This was posted to all the other feeders: TWP has decided to dedicate a week to Autism Awareness. To do so, we will be Painting our WFE blue, and promoting dispatches with information and linking to Autism Awareness pages around the web. The actually Autism Awareness Day was last April 2nd, and since we missed it, we were thinking of doing a full week, as of this coming Monday. I'll be bringing more details these comming days, but we would love as many regions as possible to join us. Please ask should you have any question! BM: what flag should we use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple country Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Just find a blue autism flag and use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malviet Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 What Ele posted on the feeders have been posted on the Warzones and all the UCRs I'm currently in. Please let me know as soon as a forum thread or a dispatch has been created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malviet Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 So... how's this going? Has the appropriate dispatch been written? Some of my Warzone buddies have decided to take the initiative and paint their WFE blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I'm working on this to get it up today We will simply move the date to complete a week, of course, but sorry for the delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malviet Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 No worries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Posted this in all FEEDERS and SINKERS TWP would like to invite you all, members of [region][/region] This awareness week was born as a request from one of our members, who wished autism to become more well known and understood! For the following week, our WFE will remain painted blue, as we invite other fellow regions to join us in raising awareness for autism! Upvote our dispatch: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=612049 Share with other fellow regions, or wear our Autism Awareness Banner (at the top of the dispatch)!!! Raise awareness! We also have a Gameplay thread for any discussion you wish to have about it: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=374830 Thank you, Elegarth Delegate of The West Pacific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malviet Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Thank you kindly; now I'm going to do the same with the Warzones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plagentine Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I'll look into bringing GC into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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