Neurodiversity – Origins and Impact
By Katherine Johnson. M.S., BCBASenior Director of Partnerships, LEARN Behavioral Judy Singer is an autistic Australian social scientist. In the 1990’s, seeing echoes of her mother’s struggles in [...]
Building Social Skills During Summer
School is out! Let summer break be a great opportunity to continue your child’s learning and growth. While summer can bring parents a welcome relief from making lunches and school drop-off and [...]
7 Tips for Creating Summer Fun For Autistic Kids
Summer is a few short weeks away! The joy of completing the school year also brings the challenges associated with unscheduled days, unpredictable new environments, and the unexpected elements of [...]
Voices for All: Sam Krus – An Interview Discussing Gender Diversity
First off, let’s talk about gender identity. How do you identify? I identify as floating between more of a masculine view and a gender-neutral view. If I was going to put a label on that, [...]
How Parents and Caregivers of Kids with Autism Cope with Stress
by Katherine Johnson, M.S., BCBASenior Director of Partnerships, LEARN Behavioral Parenting can be stressful, and research shows that parents of autistic children consistently score higher on [...]
Voices for All: Ash Franks Talks about Supporting Autistic People While Being Autistic and Her Role on LEARN’s New Neurodiversity Advisory Committee
In September 2020, LEARN convened a group of neurodivergent staff to form our Neurodivergent Advisory Committee. The committee reviews and gives feedback on matters relating to neurodiversity and [...]
MYTH: Nonverbal or Nonspeaking People with Autism are Intellectually Disabled
RONIT MOLKO, PH.D., BCBA-DSTRATEGIC ADVISOR, LEARN BEHAVIORAL Just because someone is nonspeaking, does not mean they’re non-thinking. Around 25 to 30 percent of children with autism spectrum [...]
The Autism Journey: Accepting vs. Resisting A Diagnosis
BY: NICOLE ZAHIRY, M.A., BCBABEHAVIOR ANALYST SPECIALIST, AUTISM SPECTRUM THERAPIES According to Autism Speaks, in 2021, 1 in 44 children in the United States were diagnosed with autism spectrum [...]
What is Contemporary ABA?
RONIT MOLKO, PH.D., BCBA-DSTRATEGIC ADVISOR, LEARN BEHAVIORAL It has been said that history is written by the victors. The colonists won the American Revolution, and so the war has been cast as a [...]
Top 5 Autism Studies from the Last Year
Significant developments were made in autism and applied behavior analysis (ABA) research in the field of autism and applied behavior analysis (ABA) in 2021. Learn about the top five studies from [...]