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Ellen Notbohm

Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

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  • Anna Orlyanskayahas quoted7 years ago
    For many children with autism, the visual sense is their strongest. The good news/bad news is that while they rely more heavily upon visual input to learn and to navigate their world, it can be the first sense to become overstimulated.
  • Anna Orlyanskayahas quoted7 years ago
    Sensory integration may be the most difficult aspect of autism to understand, but it’s arguably the most critical.
  • Anna Orlyanskayahas quoted7 years ago
    There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.
  • Anna Orlyanskayahas quoted7 years ago
    My hearing may be hyperacute. Dozens of people jabber at once. The loudspeaker booms today’s special. Music blares from the sound system. Registers beep and cough, a coffee grinder chugs. The meat cutter screeches, babies wail, carts creak, the fluorescent lighting hums. My brain can’t filter all the input and I’m in overload!
  • Anna Orlyanskayahas quoted7 years ago
    when your “dream breaks into a million tiny little pieces, it leaves you with a choice. You can either stick with it, which is unbearable, or you can go off and dream another dream.”
  • Anna Orlyanskayahas quoted7 years ago
    you would not undertake any long journey without first learning a little about your route.
  • Anna Orlyanskayahas quoted7 years ago
    four fundamental areas: sensory processing challenges, communication delays and impairments, elusive social thinking and interaction skills, and whole child/self-esteem issues.
  • Anna Orlyanskayahas quoted7 years ago
    His quality of life was at stake, and failure was not an option
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