Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often find it difficult to gauge other people's emotions based on their facial expressions – this can in turn lead to problems in communicating with ...

New autism informational cards from Pennsylvania State Police intend to help improve encounters. ... "To any person on the spectrum emotions can be very heavily amplified," Mann told FOX43 News.

Using Improv To Help Kids With Autism Show And Read Emotion : ... Under bright fluorescent lights the kids pick sentences out of an envelope, then at-random, choose a card with an emotion on it.

A smile, tears in your eyes or a blush on your cheeks: We understand one another better by mirroring one another's emotions. In her Ph.D. dissertation, Julia Folz concludes that people with autism ...

Teaching emotions has been part of autism curriculums for decades. I remember dated flashcards with pictures of faces and asking students to identify which emotion was being expressed on the card ...

A person with ASD may experience autism anger as it can be difficult to recognize and process emotions. They may also find certain situations overwhelming. This can cause stress and anxiety, which ...

After a mom’s plea on social media for birthday cards for her son , who has autism, went viral, he’s been busy opening the more than 20,000 cards he received from well-wishers from all over ...

Pennsylvania State Police unveil informational cards for people with autism 02:36. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pennsylvania State Police just kicked off a new initiative that will help officers navigate ...

CBS interviews Rex Lewis-Clack, a 13-year-old piano prodigy with autism. Musical emotions aren’t understood the same way as regular emotions. They don’t require complex facial expressions or a ...

Using visual aids like emotion cards or emotion charts to help children recognise and label different emotions. Teaching body language cues and facial expressions associated with different emotions.

The card can be downloaded for free and presented to officers in any encounter with law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police are offering a new resource for individuals with autism to ...