Welcome to the Autism Hangout EDUCATION CATALOG!!

What you're about to discover is the collective wisdom of others who have successfully traveled this journey called autism.

PROGRAM CATEGORIES are to the left.
 

The Autism Hangout Education Catalog is a compilation of autism-expert contributed wisdom, knowledge, tips and insights that can help you and your loved one "thrive with autism." So who are these autism experts? Quite simply, those that have "been there and done that." That includes parents and caregivers, teachers and medical professionals as well as authors, researchers and community service workers.

These generous souls are placing their learnings here - many in the form of easy to watch video and Powerpoint presentations - that you might benefit in your journey. Some of these Programs are free, others may ask a small, nominal fee to cover costs. But the idea is to make "how to thrive with autism" information immediately available to the autism community.  

Do you have a program you'd like to publish? Go here to learn how it's done. 

Remember, the goal of the Education Section is the same as that of Autism Hangout... that through learning and sharing our knowledge, we can all "thrive with autism."

"Knowledge itself is power."

Sir Francis Bacon

Autism and the role of facilitation for functionally non verbal people, by Donna Williams

Today, it seems almost insane that non autistic professionals and parents had had such fear and hysteria about this groups potential to use typed communication, especially if facilitated by anyone else. In this video I introduce the viewer to some of the reasons why some functionally non verbal people with autism have confused their audience into believing there was no point trialling typed communication. I introduce some resources where people can look at wonderful examples of facilitated and augmented communication in action. Finally, I speak about the role of hand over hand, though respectfully indirectly confrontational training in a range of self help and communication skills which put FC into a broader, more understandable context.