Project idea: great stop-action Lego movie
Dan Swearingen | August 24, 2009
It’s also a great tribute to 8-bit video games.
Sorry Steven, I think you’re pwned. Awesome. The comment says “1500 hours of moving legobricks and taking photos of them.”
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Service dogs as “social catalysts” assisting people with ASD
Dan Swearingen | August 23, 2009
At one point we considered a service dog for Ian. Mainly, we saw a dog as a way to facilitate Ian interacting with peers. The idea is that kids are attracted to the dog and talk to Ian while petting the dog. As Ian spent more time in mainstream classrooms we saw that he gets [...]
Improved quality of life through developing social skills
Dan Swearingen | August 21, 2009
While being introverted and liking time alone is very common for people with ASD that does not mean they have no desire for friends or social interaction. When they do actually want social time with peers they can find it particularly awkward and stressful.
AP Science Writer Alicia Chang has posted a great article today: Autistic [...]
Great article in O magazine about raising children with autism
Dan Swearingen | August 20, 2009
There is a really good, huge article by Cintra Wilson in the September 2009 issue of O, The Oprah magazine titled An Inconvenient Youth: Raising Children with Autism
“I used to eat myself alive about how much money or time I was spending with Padraic,” says Heather, who has three other children. “You know that if [...]
Project idea: The Tumbler go-kart
Dan Swearingen | August 18, 2009
Project idea: Rubber band machine gun
Dan Swearingen | August 9, 2009
Carissa mentioned that she was thinking of making some sort of rubber band gun next.
I found this great video at YouTube blogged about at Japanator.
Evil Angel
Devon | August 7, 2009
With some spare time following the completion of “KOKORO-Kiseki”, I made a video consisting of clips from one of my favorite movies.
Last night I uploaded it onto YouTube (finally). And now, please enjoy “Evil Angel”!
Princess Mononoke – Evil Angel
Autistry Studios Newsletter – August 5, 2009
Janet Lawson, MFT | August 6, 2009
There is a deafening silence around the house now. On Sunday we finished the Spring/Summer series of workshops. When we started the workshops last year we had 4 students – that number has now quadrupled. And we are getting lots of inquiries from other teens and their families. Our goal for this coming year is [...]
Proposed Fall 2009 Schedule
Dan Swearingen | August 6, 2009
COLLEGE SUPPORT GROUP
FRIDAYS: August 21ST – December 11TH 2 – 6pm
No Class November 27th
NATE’S FILMMAKING WORKSHOP
SATURDAYS: September 19TH – December 12TH 10am – 2pm
September 19, 26, October 3, 10 (4 classes)
No Class October 17
October 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21 (5 classes)
No Class November 28
December 5, 12 (2 classes)
DAN’S [...]
Project idea: picture painting
Dan Swearingen | August 6, 2009
Dan Dos Santos is an artist of many modern pulp novel covers. Here is a great time-lapse sequence of him painting a book cover.
More of his work may be seen here (Russian language website).