Original Full-Length Articles Written By or For AFA

Self-help skills, Personal Hygiene and Related Issues

• Social and Sexual Behavior in Autism
  Autism Network, April 2005
  
  
• Toilet Training: Learning to Wash After a Toilet Job
  Autism Network, April 1999
  
  
• Training Your (Female) Child: An Article on Periods
  Autism Network, August 1998
  
  
• Developing Appropriate Eating Habits, Part I
  Autism Network, August 1997
  
  
• Developing Appropriate Eating Habits, Part II
  Autism Network, December 1997
  
  
• Developing Appropriate Eating Habits, Part III
  Autism Network, April 1998

Academic skills and Education

• So, Is This School Right for My Child?
  Autism Network, December 2004
  
  
• On Teaching--general overview
  Autism Network, December 1996
  
  
• Teaching Numbers
  Autism Network, August 1999
  
  
• Structure Using the TEACCH Method
  Autism Network, August 1999

Social/Emotional skills

• About Inappropriate Emotional Responses
  Autism Network, August 2002
  
  
• Play Skills, Part I
  Autism Network, December 2001
  
  
• Play Skills, Part II
  Autism Network, April 2002
  
  
• Encouraging Play Skills
  Autism Network, August 2001
  
  
• Turn Taking: Teaching the Skill at a Basic Level
  Autism Network, April 2001
  
  
• Social Stories
  Autism Network, April 2000
  
  
• Relationship Building for Students with Autism
  Autism Network, August 1997
  
  
• Friends
  Autism Network, April 1997

Language and Communication

• Making a Case for Using Signs to Teach Children with Autism
  Autism Network, April 2004
  
  
• Why Verbal Behavior
  Autism Network, December 2003
  
  
• Verbal Behaviour in Practice: A Brief Overview
  Autism Network, April 2003
  
  
• How to Talk to an Autistic Child
  Autism Network, December 1996

Handling Challenging Behaviours

• On Changing Unwanted Behaviours
  Autism Network, December 1999
  
  
• Challenging Behaviour: A Mother's Perspective
  Autism Network, April 1998
  
  
• My Experience with an Unusual Behaviour
  Autism Network, April 1998
  
  
• The Importance of Communication in Handling Challenging Behaviours
  Autism Network, December 1997

 

Other Topics

• Spreading Reach in a Low-Resourced Environment
  AWARES Conference, October 2006

• Characterizing and Improving Face-processing Skills in Children with Autism
  Autism Network, December 2003

• A Confounding Paradox: The Savant Syndrome, Part I
  Autism Network, December 2003
  

• A Confounding Paradox: The Savant Syndrome, Part II
  Autism Network, April 2004
  
  
• An Introduction to Concepts and Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, and its Application in Behavior Modification and Education of Children with Autism
  Autism Network, August 2003

Parent and Family Stories

• Benzy and Her Music, by Kavita Kumar
  
  
• Reasons to Smile, by Poonam Nanda
  
  
• She's No Quitter, by Chitra Raman
  
  
• Home Truths About Asperger's Syndrome (Name withheld)
  
  
• The Gift of Teaching, by Debashis Paul
  
  
• Sachu, by Anita Pradeep
  
  
• My Son Kartik, by Chandrashekaran
  
  
• Understanding David, by Sushila Ailawadi
  
  
• Zubin's Story: A mother shares how a special diet has accelerated her son's progress, by Nasreen Mazumdar
  
  
• "My Brother is Different": Coping with Sibling Issues, by Swapna Thampi Nair
  
  
• How to Implement a Gluten Free Casein Free Diet at Home: A Mother's Experience, (Name Withheld)
  
  
• The Problems I Faced in Implementing a GFCF Diet, (Name Withheld)
  
  
• Integration in School, (Name Withheld)
  
  
• Learning with Aadit, by Shirley & Vinoj Manning
  
  
• Bottle Feeding: An Experience in Withdrawal, by Jayati Ghosh
  
  
• How I Use a Social Story, by Mini Verma
  
  
• On Changing Unwanted Behaviours, by Hema and Jairam Sampath
  
  
• Note From A Father, by Deepak Verma
  
  
• Kannu's Three Years At Home, by Swapna Thampi Nair
  
  
• Challenging Behaviour: An Experience, by Laly Patel
  
  
• Abhinav Accepts His Sister, by Dr. Preeti Singh
  
  
• Challenging Behaviour: A Mother's Perspective, by Indu Chaswal
  
  
• The Lighter Side: Water Tanks and Shoes, by Indu Chaswal
  
  
• My Brother: A Poem, by Jimanshu Patel
  
  
• Guddu: our Special Child, by Radha Palchowdhury
  
  
• Slow and Gradual Development But a Certain and Sure Development, by Seema Bhatia
  
  
• A Date With the Dentist
  
  
• Travels with my Child, by Indu Chaswal
  
  
• Travels with Vrinda: Then and Now, by Indu Chaswal