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Microsoft’s Emotional New Super Bowl Ad Promotes the Adaptive Controller

In The News 02/01/2019 admin

Microsoft’s commercial features children with disabilities who love the adaptive controller. “When everybody plays, we all win.” That’s the slogan of Microsoft’s emotional Super Bowl ad released on Thursday. The commercial, titled “We All Win,” highlights the Xbox adaptive controller, which can be used by gamers with disabilities. It features young gamers and their parents whose experiences have changed thanks to the device. One of the children interviewed was 9-year-old Owen. His parents said in […]

Teach Them to Care

Exceptional Blog 01/31/2019 publisher

by Maria Spencer Over the years, I have had the opportunity to speak to many types of groups—many of them with an audience of primarily women and/or moms. I have had a question come up repeatedly from mothers of typically developing children that I feel is so very valuable and the subject needs to be brought to the surface. Many women have asked me, “When my child sees a child that is differenty-abled, what you […]

Food Selectivity Is Common In Children With Autism

Autism, Education, Featured Topics 01/30/2019 admin

By Jill K. Belchic-Schwartz, PhD Pediatric/Child Psychologist, Childhood Solutions, PC, Fort Washington, PA Food selectivity is a fairly common issue with children who have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Many children who have been diagnosed with an ASD have difficulties with rigidity and a need for sameness, and this holds true for their food preferences as well. This can be very distressing for parents and caregivers. Prior to initiating a feeding intervention, it is important […]

Research Shows Why Autism Caregivers Are Stressed

Autism, eParent Connect, Featured Topics 01/28/2019 admin

By Michael A. Ellis, DO As reported last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased, yet again, to 1 in 59 children (1 in 37 boys). This is based on 2014 data and as such the actual prevalence in 2018 may be higher. The CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network has been evaluating autism prevalence data since 2000, at which time […]

National Deaf Center Releases A Variety Of Tools

What's Happening 01/26/2019 admin

The OSEP-funded National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC) recently released a variety of tools to support transition planning for deaf students. Transition Planning Guide and Infographic. This user-friendly poster highlights key aspects of transition planning and how it applies to deaf students, in particular. NDC has a parallel set of resources for self-advocacy. Deafverse! is an interactive game that focuses on decision making and self-advocacy for teens and young adults. NDC is working on additional worlds […]