Attention Autism

Hi GinaD,

You say it was not your intention to provide a definition of autism, but do you see my point - namely that the issues affecting people with autism need to be understood properly?

Attention Autism only refers to sensory integration, not sensory overload. You say in your posting that "sensory issues will have an impact, and can support the engagement of the child if used carefully", but you still do not demonstrate much understanding.

My own view is that the activities used, might just by providing managed exposure to noise, and movement, have beneficial effects. But some children would be quite disturbed by this. So it is important that Attention Autism demonstrates understanding.

For example some people are overly sensitive to smells, or sense smells differently. Some lemon scented household products can smell quite disgusting, or perfumes can form quite the opposite impression from that intended. Yet Attention Autism shows pictures of children engaged quite closely. Might not always work.

I'd be happier if Attention Autism demonstrated on its website some real understanding of the sensory difficulties of children with autism, how that might affect the procedure, and where Attention Autism might act beneficially to ease or calm children with autism's reactions to sensory inputs and overload.

If it could be demonstrated the method helped with this it might be a promising adjunct to the technique. I do not think it right to gloss over the definition of autism and say it is up to others "better qualified" because that's not what I want to hear from someone providing services to disabled children.

Hi GinaD,

You say it was not your intention to provide a definition of autism, but do you see my point - namely that the issues affecting people with autism need to be understood properly?

Attention Autism only refers to sensory integration, not sensory overload. You say in your posting that "sensory issues will have an impact, and can support the engagement of the child if used carefully", but you still do not demonstrate much understanding.

My own view is that the activities used, might just by providing managed exposure to noise, and movement, have beneficial effects. But some children would be quite disturbed by this. So it is important that Attention Autism demonstrates understanding.

For example some people are overly sensitive to smells, or sense smells differently. Some lemon scented household products can smell quite disgusting, or perfumes can form quite the opposite impression from that intended. Yet Attention Autism shows pictures of children engaged quite closely. Might not always work.

I'd be happier if Attention Autism demonstrated on its website some real understanding of the sensory difficulties of children with autism, how that might affect the procedure, and where Attention Autism might act beneficially to ease or calm children with autism's reactions to sensory inputs and overload.

If it could be demonstrated the method helped with this it might be a promising adjunct to the technique. I do not think it right to gloss over the definition of autism and say it is up to others "better qualified" because that's not what I want to hear from someone providing services to disabled children.