Today, we find ourselves turning the calendar from National Disabilities Awareness Month (March) to Autism Awareness Month (April). Our team thought it would be the perfect time to meet Michelle O’Connor Teklinski, who has just joined the Judson Center. Michelle tells us how the pandemic brought her home to Metro Detroit and the perfect opportunity […]
Several years ago, “Asperger’s syndrome” was adopted as part of an umbrella term that’s now used to refer to all cases of autism, autism spectrum disorder or ASD. Up until 2013, Asperger’s syndrome was generally used to refer to people who had a high functioning type of autism. Because people are no longer diagnosed with […]
Many individuals with autism spectrum disorder experience sensory sensitivities. These sensitivities can be heightened in children who have not yet learned how to manage responses to certain stimuli that may be uncomfortable for them. When they struggle to react appropriately to certain sensations, it can lead a child with ASD to avoid certain places or […]