Autism Communication Skills - Why is Communication Needed to Reduce Behaviors

Autism Communication Skills - Why is Communication Needed to Reduce Behaviors? © 2010 Autism Communication Skills - Why is Communication Needed to Reduce Behaviors? Written by: Autism Advisor Autism Communication Skills Imagine not being able to speak.... More

Autism Communication Skills - Why is Communication Needed to Reduce Behaviors? © 2010 Autism Communication Skills - Why is Communication Needed to Reduce Behaviors? Written by: Autism Advisor Autism Communication Skills Imagine not being able to speak. Imagine knowing information and not being able to share it or hurting and not being able to tell anyone where. These are some of the reasons communication is so critical to everyone. Now complicate the inability to communicate with uncomfortable. Think of the uncomfortable scratching of the clothes on your body. Do you balance your body on the hard surface of a chair? What if you did not understand how to shift to relieve the pressure? Now think of sounds. Do you hear the soft hiss of a heater or the whisper of a fan? Some children with Autism hear the same hiss as a deafening spitting sound or the fan as a booming chugging sound. Those sounds and others cause pain and disorientation. Now think of what it would be like if some ho Less