How to Communicate Better
Joe Butler has worked with autistic children and young people for over 25 years, and increasingly also supports workplaces and community organizations to be more understanding and inclusive of neurodivergent...
Autism
The World Needs All Kinds of Minds: Why This Mindset Helped Create a Company Like No Other
. [Click to Listen to Audio] How Did a Mindset of Appreciation for All Make Amazing Things Happen Including a Company That Welcomes Everyone Are You the parent...
Research to Practice: Teaching Peers to Improve Conversation with Autistic Teens
Even in inclusive settings, high school can be a very lonely place for autistic teens or students with intellectual disability. Unlike struggling in an academic area where accommodations are typically...
Simple Holidays: Keeping Them Fun and Easy
A Hart Family Holiday Nickole Hart is a busy military wife and mom to 3 children. They are 7-year old Sean, 4-year old Taryn and 2-year old Finn. And she...
Tech Toys & Apps for All
The holidays are here again! We, at BridgingApps, keep an eye out all year for new and exciting technology and apps for all ages and abilities. The holidays are a...
Keys to Autism: Self
One of the Keys to Autism / Disability is knowing and understanding the “Self.” Once a disabled individual has a grasp and clarity about their own strengths and weakness and...
Let’s Talk: Peer Buddy Programs
Peer Buddy Many students with disabilities can feel excluded from their school communities. In response, some schools have developed peer-buddy programs that aim to create more inclusive environments. A peer...
Sensory Spaces for You, Me, and SPD
Sensory Spaces Life gets busy and crazy for us all. So, we all know that we need to make time to take care of ourselves and create that “me” time....
Traveling Different: How to Enjoy This Years Summer Vacation
Traveling Different According to a recent IBCCES study of families on the spectrum, 87 percent of one thousand parents interviewed said that they have never traveled with their child, yet...
Meet Mom Rachel Hurtado
Rachel, 33 lives in Colorado with her fiance Jeff McLaughlin. The two have been together for 12 years. She is currently attending National University (NU) to become a Board...
