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Anxiety is a common problem faced by both children and adults, but the situation becomes even more complicated when dealing with an autistic child.

In fact, the relationship between autism and anxiety is quite strong, such that most autistic children often exhibit different traits of anxiety, including emotional outbursts, social withdrawal traits, self-injury, dependency on schedule, and over-stimulation.

Handling anxiety in autistic children is a very critical issue but the good news is that it is manageable.

In this post, we will be examining the 5 techniques you can employ to manage anxiety in an autistic child:

Find Out The Triggers
You can’t manage it properly unless you have an idea of what the triggers are...

As a parent, you love your child, that is a given, but to be able to take proper care of him or her, you must also take care of yourself.

If you are a parent managing a special needs kid, the first step to helping your kid is to ensure that you are physically and emotionally stable so as to be able to provide the same for your child.

In this post, we will be highlighting a few self-care tips for parents with special needs children:

Join Communities and Seek Professional Advice
It is important to realize that you can’t do it alone, you need all the help you can get. Fortunately, nowadays, it is not too difficult to find communities for parents with special needs kids. The good thing about such communities is that you get to meet people that face challenges similar to what you are battling.

Taking care of an autistic kid comes with some challenges. Understanding your child’s condition and the extent to which he or she is affected will help you to know the next step to take. This is one of the reasons early diagnosis and intervention is encouraged.

In this post, we will be looking at what autism spectrum disorder is and why early intervention is critical:

What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Autism Spectrum Disorder also abbreviated as ASD means the entire range of characteristics that can be associated with an autistic person. Every autistic person exhibits specific traits and faces unique challenges, depending on the degree at which he or she is affected.

The most important point in the above explanation is that autism occurs in varying degrees...

Most parents with non-verbal children assume that such children do not need speech and language services. To them, of what use is a speech and language therapy to a child who is non-verbal.

This assumption is wrong because augmentative and alternative communication is has been found to be very important for people (children and adults alike) with such conditions. As a matter of fact, ongoing speech and language therapy are very important for anyone with limited communication so as to help the person learn how to communicate with others.

In this article, we shall be looking at the various benefits of ongoing speech therapy for non-verbal children:

Learn A New Way To Communicate
For human beings, speech is the primary means of communication and when you can’t communicate, you are limited in...

Taking care of a child with autism isn’t an easy task but as a parent, it is your duty to help your child with autism live a healthy, happy life.

First and foremost, I must state that it is usually depressing to learn that your child isn’t as healthy as other kids. But you should know that proper care and professional help often lead to an improved life for children with autism.

That said, here are some parenting tips that can help you to take care of a child with autism.

Learn As Much As You Can
The first step is to equip yourself with enough information about the disorder and how you can go about improving your child’s quality of life. That is why we dedicate time and resources to provide you with information about autism and other common disorder suffered by children.

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In our previous post, we looked at the common speech problems in children and what to do to help an affected child to overcome any of these conditions.

Today, we shall focus on examining the second aspect of speech-language disorders, which is actually the language aspect of such disorders in children.

Generally, language disorders occur when a child uses fewer words than children of the same age. A language disorder may make it hard for a child to find the right words to compose a complete sentence. It can also make it difficult for the affected child to comprehend what others are saying.

Language disorders are loosely classified into three different kinds – Expressive Language Disorder (ELD), Receptive Language Disorder (RLD), and Expressive-Receptive Language Disorder (ERLD).

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Speech-language disorders occur when a child finds it difficult to make the sounds of speech, or understand and speak with other people. According to a report released by the United State’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, speech-language disorders are very common as 7.7 percent of children (that is 1 in 12 children in America) have either a speech or swallowing disorder.

In part one of this series, we will be focusing on common speech disorders in children and solutions for children facing these challenges.

Generally, children with speech disorder find it hard forming the sounds to produce speech or putting words together to form sentences.

In a previous post, we discussed the various speech-language milestones that children are supposed to hit at diffe...

Learning disabilities, learning disorders, or learning problems occur when a child’s brain is wired to receive and process information differently. This means that the child hears, sees, and understand things in a way that is different from a generally accepted viewpoint, thus making it difficult for the child to learn new information and skills.

Identifying learning disability in children isn’t so easy, especially if you’ve not handled a child with a learning disability. While there are red flags to watch out for, it is important to note that an inconsistent display of such a sign may mean that your child has no problem.

However, there are warning signs that are more common than others, especially during different development stages of a child.

In our recent post, we discussed the di...

The first problem you may encounter as a parent is being able to detect whether your child is developing at the appropriate pace or lagging behind.

Though children develop at different paces, it is pertinent to note that at different stages of life (ages), a child is expected to hit certain learning milestones. You should start to feel concerned and possibly seek intervention when a child shows a consistent inability to meet these milestones as they grow.

Below are the learning milestones to watch out for as your child grows:

Preschool age (2-6 Years)
At this age, your child should be able to pronounce words as well as learn alphabets, numbers, shapes, days of the week, and colors. He or she should also be able to follow directions, learn routines, and rhymes...

There are different types of speech disorders encountered by children. The problem is, it takes training and experience handling such conditions to be able to unravel the actual speech disorder that a kid may be suffering from.

In a previous article, we highlighted the difference between childhood apraxia and late-talking. In the post, we explained that while apraxia has more to do with developmental delays leading to the inability to coordinate the muscles used to produce speech, late-talking is a disorder caused by having a limited spoken vocabulary for a child of certain age bracket.

In as much as this explanation and similar ones that you can find on the internet is useful...