By Erika Gleeson, Senior Behaviour Specialist & Harry Hawkins, Behaviour Support Practitioner 1. Choose to reduce/eradicate sensory experiences at a stipulated time/day each week. Dim your … [Read more...] about How can you create an ASD-friendly experience for those visiting your workplace (retail or hospitality for example)?
How can you make your workplace more ASD-friendly for colleagues?
By Erika Gleeson, Senior Behaviour Specialist & Harry Hawkins, Behaviour Support Practitioner 1. Consider sensory sensitives. Could you modify the lighting and acoustics of your office to make it … [Read more...] about How can you make your workplace more ASD-friendly for colleagues?
Why we’re not recreation; swimming and the NDIS.
Why Autism Swim lessons are not ‘recreation’. Recently, one of our AS-Approved instructors contacted the NDIS concerning the constantly changing guidelines for registering … [Read more...] about Why we’re not recreation; swimming and the NDIS.
Dry Drowning and Secondary Drowning
We have talked previously about what drowning actually looks like; that the media has led us to believe that those are drowning put their hands in the air and call out for help, which we understand is … [Read more...] about Dry Drowning and Secondary Drowning
‘The kid in the cage’. The use of time-out strategies in our schools.
Yet another alarming newspaper article on the use of seclusion in our education system; the frequency of these reports is clearly increasing. Although incredibly distressing to read, they serve as … [Read more...] about ‘The kid in the cage’. The use of time-out strategies in our schools.
5 ways to ease separation anxiety
Written by Alexandra Newmarch, Provisional Psychologist & Chiu Lau, Principal Psychologist (http://psychpossibilities.com.au/) "Separation anxiety" is the technical term for when a baby, toddler, … [Read more...] about 5 ways to ease separation anxiety
Tip Sheet – How to increase water exposure at home in early stages of swim education.
These suggestions are aimed at increasing your swimmer’s contact (or exposure) to the pool environment, and help them feel more comfortable when they attend their swimming lessons. This will also help … [Read more...] about Tip Sheet – How to increase water exposure at home in early stages of swim education.
The benefits of swimming beyond the pool.
In this month's blog, one of AS' Occupational Therapists, Jarrod Gist, sheds light on some of the less-known benefits of swimming for individuals with ASD... Swimming and water therapy are … [Read more...] about The benefits of swimming beyond the pool.
Gross Motor Movement – why it is so important?
Below, we shed light on some of the movement challenges experienced by individuals with ASD and more importantly, what can be done to overcome these challenges. The widely-known challenges that … [Read more...] about Gross Motor Movement – why it is so important?
Season tragedies and how to stay safe
There have been 18 drowning deaths in Australia since December 19, 2016. Royal Life Saving Society chief executive Justin Scarr indicates this is three or four times higher than what they would … [Read more...] about Season tragedies and how to stay safe