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10 Fun ways to develop Eye contact in children with ASD

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Among many other symptoms, "Lack of eye contact" is a well-known symptom of autism. People with autism are less likely to look directly at another person's eyes, while conversating.  Why is eye contact an important social skill? When you look a person in the eye, it represents your  confidence in your point of view . One of the most powerful means of communicating confidence and conviction is sustained focused eye contact. While you make eye contact while conversating, it communicates you are intrested in the conversation & are paying attention. We need to maintain eye contact in order to pick up and respond to important social cues from other people. And of course, a failure to make eye contact can be misconstrued by others as disinterest or inattention. Reasons for lack of eye contact in children with autism ➤In children with autism, making eye contact while talking can cause an  uncomfortable sensation the individual feels.  Tending to look away while talking can d
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GIFTED MINDS

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  This is a different topic than the usual topics that I write. Yet, I was so inspired to write on this. It's about some areas which we are not focusing upon often....  It's not about the different issues that children with special needs face & ways to solve them. This is about the specialities, the talents, the brilliancy of children with special needs. Some areas that are not usually focused upon because we are mostly focusing on "correcting the wrongs", or "what a child can't do ". It's time we tap into these "gifted minds" unfolding their "specialties" of these special, genius, creative, brilliant minds! 😃😃 Since I have been working with children with special needs for more than 6 years, I have known many children who are highly talented in some areas. I can also assure you that EACH & EVERY CHILD has some area in which they excel! You can be amazed at what they can do in those areas when given the right opportunity.
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Know your senses

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  The bell rang. It was recess time for the Kindergarten children. Ayush was wondering what did his mom pack today for tiffin? As he reached out for his tiffin, he could smell orange, his favorite! After finishing his tiffin, he went to play football with his friends in the playground. Ayush was really good at this game. He was fast, could judge the direction, speed & distance from which the ball is coming & stop the ball easily while maintaining his balance & could easily score points. The bell rang. Recess is over. Now, the teacher is taking attendance. Still, some students are talking. Some are finding their seats. As Ayush was searching for a place to sit, the teacher called out his name. He responded, "present ma'am" & sat down at a desk waiting for the class to begin... In the above story, Ayush was using his different sensory systems in a coordinated way to perform the tasks. He used his visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, proprioceptiv
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