As parents of language deficient children, we know how incredibly isolating this condition can be. Yet a great many children with this and related disorders like autism can be highly visual. And with the right strategies can participate in and grow from exposure to sports. While our boys were clearly very visual, they were [...]
Autism: how we taught speech and language. While it might sound obvious, if your child has autism or a speech and language disorder, your ability to practice language with your child becomes very restricted. I think the key word here is practice. I remember Conor turning 10 years old and thought my god, if he and I [...]
Want to teach time? Many special needs parents ask me how to teach time to their non verbal autistic child. As with the Animated Language Learning program, visual strategies are the way to go: Help your child to x off each day on a calendar in a visible location like the kitchen. By doing this [...]
ASSISTID Welcome Event By Alejandro Sotomayor A Welcome Event was held for the first cohort of ASSISTID Fellows at the Daughters of Charity campus at St Joseph’s Centre, Clonsilla. Sr Zoe Killeen, Director of RESPECT welcomed the Fellows and wished them well as they embarked on their research. The event was attended by academics [...]
A short video from autism experts Professors Siegel and Sullivan with Diane Provo weighing in on the Dodd family, language development and Animated Language Learning.
Technology that Uses Disney and Pixar to Educate Kids with Autism Technology can help children with autism and language disorders communicate with the world around them, Autism Speaks, August 19, 2013 Animated Language Learning, an Ireland-based company, is developing technology that uses Disney and Pixar movies to help educate children with autism and other language [...]
Innovation: Animated Language Learning by Adam Harris, ASIAM Innovation is a new series on AspergersAdvice.org which aims to highlight innovative developments and ideas for products and services targeted at people and families affected by Aspergers Syndrome. Naturally, we cannot endorse any such products or services but are empowering you with the information to find [...]
Language progress after 11 months. - ALL Parents Online I spoke on this blog, last December, about the progress we were seeing with my sons’ language. I found some video clips and spliced them together to show you how much he has progressed in the 11 months since we started using Animated Language Learning. [...]
Our thanks to Pat and Sharon for sharing their story with us on the their journey into language, reading and speech through Animated Language Learning's research!
The TV3 team speaks with Enda and the Gilmartin family on Animated Language Learning's research into autism language development and what the future holds!
