The New Zealand Guidelines Group has launched a website for Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) where people can find out more about autism.
The website provides information sheets and guides free for download; they will also send out booklets for free if you want them, just fill out a simple order form on the website. There are also video tutorials explaining the behavioral characteristics of children with or suspecting a diagnosis of ASD and steps to take to find out whether children you know who are behaving differently from their peers, particularly in social interactions and languages.
The website also provides useful information about organisations where you can seek help from for diagnosis, treatment and funding. Centre for Autism and Related Disorder (CARD) is a service provider of therapies applying the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). There's CARD services in Auckland and Hamilton as I know. I had once been trained as a one-on-one therapist and I personally think that it did help children with autism learn. Although I'm a bit skeptical about the long hours (3hrs) needed each day. There's also concern about whether it will make children robotic using Discrete Trial Training (DTT). Parents or carers need to get more informations from professionals before they make a decision about which intervention they want to use for their love little ones.
It is best for the children to start intensive behavioral intervention early. So if you suspect that someone you love or you know may have ASD, it is best to find it out as soon as possible. website for Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has details of the steps to take, out!
I found a number of videos related to autism on youtube today, if anyone's interested...
and finally, the life of mothers who have a child with autism...
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