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  • Eye Contact and Autistic Dissociation One Example Photo of Judy Endow's art "Strike Me" I can remember the overwhelming experience having eye contact with others sometimes had on me as a child. Too much bright, bold, painful sensory information was received when directly looking into someone’s eyes for a sustained period of time. Judy Endow on Ollibean

Eye Contact and Autistic Dissociation: One Example

Autistic writer, artist and consultant, Judy Endow on eye contact and autistic dissociation.   Autistic Dissociation “Dissociation is the ability to cut off from what is happening around you or to you. In its simplest

Teaching Abstract Concepts to Literal Thinkers

Autistic consultant Judy Endow's strategies for teaching abstract concepts to literal thinkers. Teaching Abstract Concepts to Literal Thinkers During the holiday season people are sometimes rushed and frazzled due to the extra activities and expectations

  • Image of moon in the night sky. Text reads: Autistic people use behavior just like people who are not autistic. We call their behaviors solutions.JUDY ENDOW, MSW.Image of Ollibean logo. Circle made up of equal signs of different sizes and shapes.

Autistic Neurology and Behavior

Judy Endow explains how understanding autistic neurology shifts our perceptions and enables us to support autistic students. "Besides being kind and being the right thing to do, it is far more expedient to support

  • Quick Tips to Create a Visual Schedule

Quick Tips to Create a Visual Schedule

Judy Endow on the Importance of Continuing a Visual Schedule After a Natural Disaster Many children with special needs use a visual schedule to organize their day. A visual schedule shows which activities and the order in

Autistic Burnout and Aging

Judy Endow Examines the Interplay Between Autistic Burnout and Aging Last week I returned from a vacation that I had been dreaming of taking for several years. I had booked my vacation quite a long time

Autism, Direct Instruction and Having Friends

Autism, Direct Instruction and Having Friends by Judy Endow Social Understanding and Communication Social understanding and communication are two areas impacted by autism neurology. The way this plays out is different from one autistic individual

Autism and Movement Fluidity in Thinking

Autism and Movement Fluidity in Thinking by Judy Endow Unreliable Fluidity in Thinking One of the hardest things about my autism is the unreliable fluidity of my own thinking. Sometimes my thoughts are fluid and sometimes

  • They use Person First Language and forget our humanity. Amy Sequenzia on Ollibean

The Gymnastics of Person First Language

by Amy Sequenzia This post is about Person First Language and autism. Another title for this post could be: "Disability Language, and "Gymnastics". Some might find part of it funny, but I am not kidding.

  • Three Misconceptions About Autism Often Construed as “Facts” 1. PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM ARE THE EXPERTS WHEN IT COMES TO AUTISM. 2. IF AUTISTIC ADULTS ARE ABLE TO TELL ABOUT THEIR AUTISTIC EXPERIENCE THEY ARE NOT AUTISTIC ENOUGH TO REALLY KNOW ABOUT AUTISM. 3. YOU WILL NEVER FIND AN AUTISTIC ADULT WHO IS LIKE YOUR CHILD. THEREFORE, AUTISTIC ADULTS CANNOT SPEAK TO AUTISM IN YOUR CHILD. Judy Endow on Ollibean

Realities of Being an Autistic Therapist

by Judy Endow Realities of Being an Autistic Therapist In my work as a clinician licensed in my state to provide mental health therapy, many parents of children diagnosed with autism tell me how much

Autism, Social Greetings and Rhetorical Questions

by Judy Endow Autism and Rhetorical Questions Autistic people may not automatically know how to respond to rhetorical social questions such as “How are you?” or automatically reciprocate in social pleasantries such as “good morning.”

  • Teaching One Autistic Student to Ask for Help, Judy Endow on Ollibean

Teaching One Autistic Student to Ask For Help

Teaching One Autistic Student to Ask For Help by Judy Endow During the past school year I worked with a third grader diagnosed with autism as he returned to school after being discharged from

Communication and “Autism Specialists”

by Amy Sequenzia From time to time I find myself writing about typed communication, and how Autistic typists are devalued by "autism specialists". There is a very vocal group of people - the "autism experts"

Teaching Autistic People

by Judy Endow Autistic People of All Ages Can Learn Just like people of all ages can learn, so is it that autistic people of all ages can learn. It is an utterly sad state

  • SUPPORTING NON-ESCALATING BEHAVIOR , Strategies from autistic author and consultant, Judy Endow, MSW.  "Outsmarting Explosive Behavior: A Visual System of Support and Intervention for Individuals With ASD" Checkmark Symbol. Proactively address sensory regulation daily. Strive to make sure autistic individuals are supported daily in sensory regulating activities. Symbol of Calendar. Plan schedule ahead of time. Some people need a written list. Some need a picture schedule. All of us, regardless of how autism presents in our bodies, like to know the plans rather than to have continual surprises randomly occurring. Symbol of Communication bubble. Stop talking. As autistics get overloaded in sensory, social or emotional aspects of situations the ability to process and comprehend verbal input decreases.  Symbol of iPad. Use alternative communication. Even for a person who is highly verbal, an alternative way to communicate becomes essential in tense or overloaded situations. Symbol of plus sign. Use positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement can prevent the behavior from occurring. Intersection symbol. Plan and Practice Exit Strategies. Use preplanned signals or visuals to exit a tense or problematic situation BEFORE any problem behavior can happen. Social media symbol. Assure Social Understanding. Social constructs and socially accepted behavior in society are based on this thinking style of the majority. Many autistics benefit in learning this social information.
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Autism and Consequences

by Judy Endow Autism and Consequences Sometimes a person with authority over another engineers a consequence for certain behaviors as a way to decrease the frequency of unwanted behaviors. One way people learn is from

AUTISM RESOURCES

  • EmmasHopeBook dot com

We Love Emma’s Hope Book

Ariane Zurcher is definitely one of our favorite writers. She writes with exceptional honesty, insight, and beauty.

  • HALO Helping Autism Through Learning and Outreach

HALO

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Helping Autism Through Learning and Outreach is a non-profit organization supported by parents and professionals nationwide who are dedicated to

Judy Endow

Judy Endow, MSW, maintains a private practice in Madison, Wisconsin, providing consultation for families, school districts and other agencies. Besides

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