Before I started becoming a successful EA, growing up for me in the past was a bit challenging for me as an autistic individual. Between my elementary and high school years, I was having a difficult time trying to find new people to talk to, but because my self-esteem was low, I had a lot of trouble developing my social skills. As soon as I started to transition into my last two years in high school, I noticed a huge change. My teachers and EAs had navigated me on the right path in learning to build connections with people. Soon, I started making new connections with more people at school and since I reached my victory year, I gradually gained social interactions with other peers and teachers.
Now that I've received my Educational Support diploma and working towards my Disability Studies bachelor's degree, I would really like to become an inspiring role model to help support disabled students in their academics. I will briefly talk about these two areas below and provide examples to show evidence of my knowledge.
Autism Spectrum Disorders ( or Autism) refers to as a social and language disorder that happens in children, teenagers and adults. They intend to have difficulties in the following areas of communication, behaviour, and social skills. Autism can be identified into three variety ranges: Mild, Moderate and Severe. Educators, parents and professionals use the "umbrella" term to determine three common classifications of ASD: Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Development Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) and Autism.
In my field 2 placement, I've experienced working with a kindergarten student with non-verbal communication for the very first time and honestly it was definitely worth the experience. I had the opportunity to be introduced to the PECS system by my classroom teacher and she showed me the Phase 1 stage of PECS (which is also known as the Physical Exchange).
This video i found on Youtube was absolutely fantastic. Recently Sesame Street had introduced to a new character with Autism named Julia. The purpose of this idea was to introduce to the younger viewers about how students with ASD (including Julia) interacts differently with the world. The link is below if you would like to watch it.
Now that I've received my Educational Support diploma and working towards my Disability Studies bachelor's degree, I would really like to become an inspiring role model to help support disabled students in their academics. I will briefly talk about these two areas below and provide examples to show evidence of my knowledge.
Autism Spectrum Disorders ( or Autism) refers to as a social and language disorder that happens in children, teenagers and adults. They intend to have difficulties in the following areas of communication, behaviour, and social skills. Autism can be identified into three variety ranges: Mild, Moderate and Severe. Educators, parents and professionals use the "umbrella" term to determine three common classifications of ASD: Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Development Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) and Autism.
In my field 2 placement, I've experienced working with a kindergarten student with non-verbal communication for the very first time and honestly it was definitely worth the experience. I had the opportunity to be introduced to the PECS system by my classroom teacher and she showed me the Phase 1 stage of PECS (which is also known as the Physical Exchange).
This video i found on Youtube was absolutely fantastic. Recently Sesame Street had introduced to a new character with Autism named Julia. The purpose of this idea was to introduce to the younger viewers about how students with ASD (including Julia) interacts differently with the world. The link is below if you would like to watch it.