Is an Atypical Cry an Early Biomarker for Autism?
SIGN UP TO HEAR ABOUT TRAINING WITH OLGA Vocalization and babbling can be considered the earliest expression of language development . Even...
Olga Bogdashina
Are early motor delays and sensory differences clues to atypical language/ communication development in ASD?
Impairments of social communication are seen as one of the essential diagnostic features of autism. However, they cannot be considered as...
Autism: Selecting Communication Systems
To communicate successfully children have to have a communication tool. We should introduce them to the systems of communication as soon as...
Sign language vs. mime-signing (for ‘kinaesthetic-speaking’ children)
However, it is necessary to distinguish between the natural sign languages used by the deaf community and the invented sign-based codes...
Communication via objects
The advantage of this mode of communication is that it may cover several languages as it is not only visual but also a tactile (when...
Visual Systems for Visual Thinkers
PECS Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) was developed by Dr Andrew Bondy, a psychologist, and Lori Frost, a speech and language...
Visual Thinking
Research has revealed that there are several types of visualisers. Maria Kozhevnikov and colleagues distinguish between object visualisers...
Autism: Do we speak the same language?
Establishing communication and understanding between any two people with different experiences and perceptions involves developing a common...
Fussy Eaters or Fussy Bodies, Part 2
If we start with addressing ‘diagnostic features’ of the condition, neglecting their causes (that can be different in different...
Fussy Eaters or Fussy Bodies, Part 1
To ensure that we fulfil the nutritional requirements of growing up children, we have to make sure that our healthy nutritional diet (with...
