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Helping Students Navigate Emotional Development During a Pandemic
Students are facing a mental health crisis. The COVID pandemic has led to soaring rates of depression and anxiety in children, and even more worryingly, increased suicidal thoughts and surging demand on emergency mental health services. Despite this, there are many...
Helping Students Cope with Anxiety During the Pandemic
1. Media Distancing “Don’t believe everything you read! Don’t react to everything on your feed!” Every media organization thrives when their audience engages or views their content. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is to arouse powerful emotions in their...
Misconceptions of Autism: Tech Savants
“We aren’t ‘defective,’ but we aren’t ‘enhanced’ either.” Julie discusses misconceptions of autistic individuals and how even positive stereotypes of autism are harmful.
Laughing at Random Moments
Julie talks about how an autistic individual’s sense of humor may differ from that of a neurotypical person. Check out her illustrations, too!
Autistic Perception of Common Gestures
Julie Esris, Brain Power’s animator, explains how some common gestures may come across to an autistic child. As someone on the spectrum herself, Julie describes with her own illustrations.
Unlocking the Door into Autism
Brain Power Customer Success Manager Aaron Shute discusses the moment he became fascinated by autism and started the journey that led him to where he is today.
10 Good Movies to Watch for Autistic Children in 2020
Brain Power’s Julie Esris provides movie recommendations for children and young adults on the spectrum!
