CLEVELAND ISD
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY
Ms. Brown - 504/GT Campus Liaison
Autism
Autism is a complex, lifelong developmental disability that typically appears during early childhood and can impact a person’s social skills, communication, relationships, and self-regulation. Autism is defined by a certain set of behaviors and is a “spectrum condition” that affects people differently and to varying degrees.
While there is currently no known single cause of autism, early diagnosis helps a person receive the support and services that they need, which can lead to a quality life filled with opportunity.
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Autism Information Websites
Apps Recommended for kids with Autism
Apps available in the Apple App Store & Android Play Store.
Otsimo
Created under the guidance of parents, psychologists and special education teachers; assistive games in Otsimo aim to teach fundamental education about core skills such as words, alphabet, numbers, emotions, colors, animals and vehicles through assistive matching, drawing, choosing, ordering and sound games.
Sesame Street & Autism
For parents and caregivers, the Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children app provides tools to help families with preschool aged children on the Autism Spectrum. These resources were made to guide families with the challenges they may face.
Autism Tracker Lite
Autism Tracker can be life changing for families with a child on the spectrum. Explore Autism. Track what matters to your child and your family. Use the visual calendar and multi-item graphs to view and discuss patterns. Share individual events or entire screens with your team using Dropbox or email.
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You can buy the paid version with more entry availability and the info already logged in the lite version with transfer to the Pro version.
Autism - iHelp
Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the needs for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary.