Sharing my journey raising a child with high functioning autism and hoping to spread more awareness of the autism spectrum through personal experiences and other stories or news articles.
It All Starts With Repeating The Lessons you Teach
As parent we all want to ensure that our children are growing up to be a respectful part of society, but what happens when you are raising a child with autism high functioning who doesn’t comprehend empathy or compassion? I think we all can agree that having compassion and empathy are important skills to function in society, right?! The question is, how can we teach these skills to children who don’t pick up on social ques in the ways the rest of us do? I am not sure how you teach it or how you have worked with your autistic child, but this is how I have been able to work with my son and see progress. It all starts with them repeating what you have been teaching them. January …
