The October 6th Arizona Republic describes a program developed by the Phoenix-based Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center to help autistic children “successfully fit into the often intimidating social mix of recess.” Autistic students are first taught board games or tag or other games and other students are brought in to learn to play with them:
“You are then positively impacting both the child with autism and the typical children because you’re getting these kids to be compassionate toward each other,” [Karen[ Donmoyer said. "It's not rocket science." [Donmoyer has 9-year-old twin daughters who are autistic.]
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……many were surprised that most kids …read more