| To teach match concepts to children with autism, you | | | | problematic sounds are buzzers, PA systems, the |
| need to use tangible visual methods. There are many | | | | screeching noise that chairs makes when it scrapes |
| math toys available in the market that you can use to | | | | the floor, and especially school bells. The fear of the |
| help a child with the disorder learn numbers, to teach | | | | dreaded sounds may cause your bad behavior in your |
| the child addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, and | | | | child, and it may even lead to temper tantrums. A child |
| even fractions. | | | | with autism that suddenly covers his/her ears is an |
| Children with autism have difficulty writing, because | | | | indication that his/her ears are hurting because of that |
| their hands lack motor control. Their handwriting may | | | | certain sound. One thing that would help your child's |
| be really sloppy and writing can even lead to | | | | sound sensitivity to a certain sound is by recording it. |
| frustrating your child. It is best if you let your child type | | | | Allow your child to have control of the playback and |
| on a computer instead, because it is a lot easier and it | | | | let him/her play the sound over and over, while you |
| would also help your child to enjoy writing. | | | | gradually increase the volume. |
| Some children with the disorder easily learn how to | | | | Visual distractions, such as fluorescent lights, greatly |
| read with phonetics and some by memorizing the | | | | bothers children with autism. Placing your child's desk |
| whole word. Either way, it would be best if you make | | | | near the window and not using florescent lights can |
| use of picture books and flash cards, so that words | | | | help avoid this problem. Using lights are unavoidable |
| can be associated easily with the pictures. But you | | | | sometimes, but what you can do is use the new bulbs, |
| should remember to say the word, show a picture of it | | | | because they flicker less. The flickering made by |
| or demonstrate it while saying the word. | | | | fluorescent lights can be minimized by placing a lamp |
| There are certain sounds that may hurt the ears of a | | | | that uses an incandescent bulb right beside your child's |
| child with autism. You need to protect your child from | | | | desk. |
| these ear hurting sounds. Some of the most | | | | |