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Interviews With Professionals To Help Impact The Life Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

This section of The Autism Life.com is where a parent, caregiver, or professional will find the various interviews that I’ve conducted. These interviews are with professionals such as in the Feeding Team Interview and are also with parents who been around the block a time or two. The parent interviews involve anything from using augmentative communication to homeschooling to learning how to effectively maneuver through the IEP process with a school district.

We’ve chosen to do interviews with professionals in various areas that impact the life of a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. All the interviews in this section are meant to help a parent or others understand their young child with an ASD and how to more effectively handle the more difficult parts of raising a young child with an ASD. In these interviews you’ll find information about augmentative communication, feeding issues, educational issues, and contact information to find out more about professionals, books, and other websites.

Center for Selective Eating and Pediatric Feeding Disorders Interview
The Autism Life.com presents an interview with Cheri Fraker—SLP, Sibyl Cox—RD, and Laura Walbert—SLP about feeding disorders and problems in children and specific problems in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. These wonderful professionals work with my son, Ewan, and the specific feeding issues that he has. You can also see me talk about Ewan's journey with problem eating and Food Chaining at Instant Presenter under past meetings from this link: http://www.instantpresenter.com/theautismlife

Augmentative Communication Interview With Robin Hurd
The Autism Life.com presents an interview with Robin Hurd, a parent of four children and a Parent Support Liaison with the AAC Institute. Robin is known internationally for her dedication to augmentative communication and to her family. Alicia: Robin, tell us a little about yourself and your family. Can you describe you and your family’s experience with augmentative communication?

Homeschooling Kids With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The Autism Life.com presents an interview with Anne, a homeschooling parent of a child on the Autism Spectrum. Anne is one of the contributing authors to the book Home Educating our Autistic Spectrum Children edited by Terri Dowty and Kitt Cowlishaw published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Anne is also one of the moderators for the Yahoo! Group, As You Like It, that deals with homeschooling a child with High Functioning Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome. Alicia: Tell us a little about your family Anne. Anne: Our family consists of myself, my husband and our son.

Interview About IEP's, AAC, And Autism
The Autism Life.com presents an interview with Robin Hurd, a mother of four children and very experienced parent when it comes to handling the special education system, IEP’s, and working with teachers and school officials. Robin’s experience and words of wisdom in this area are very valuable for those who are already in the school system or those who are just about to transition into the school system. For many, early intervention services end at a child’s 3rd birthday and one of the options a parent has is to transition into a developmental preschool and to c

Interview With Joe Swenson President Of DynaVox
The Autism Life.com presents an interview with Joe Swenson – President of DynaVox Systems. DynaVox is the leading manufacturer of speech generating devices and communication software and makes such devices as the MightyMo, Series 4, Lightwriter, and now the V. For a full list of the devices made by DynaVox please I would encourage everyone to visit the DynaVox website.