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Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors and Interests
Children with autism have restricted interests (often called intense interests) and/or repetitive behaviors.
Elopement and Wandering
Wandering off is a major concern for families of children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Autism Acceptance in Action
Learn about the efforts you can take to increase autism acceptance.
Coping Activities
These activities don’t rely on language and can be used with your non/partially speaking child.
Empowering Autistic Youth
While relatively few children will go onto become advocates in this way, every child and teen should be empowered to be a self-advocate.
How to Read Research Pt. 1
Learn how to extract relevant information from research papers.
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The Sesame Workshop Initiative
Sesame Street Muppets joined researchers and advocates on Capitol Hill to discuss the early results of this autism initiative which aims to reduce the stigma and build understanding about autism spectrum disorders.