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I'm Seeing Too Many Smart Kind Of Socially Awkward Kids, A Lot Milder Than I Was, Not Getting Employment Because They're Not Learning Job Skills.

Social Thinking Skills Must Be Directly Taught To Children And Adults With Asd. Doing So Opens Doors Of Social Understandings In All Areas Of Life.

Some Teachers Just Have A Knack For Working With Autistic Children. Other Teachers Do Not Have It.

If You See A Child With Autistic-like Behaviors At Age Two And Three, The Worst Thing You Can Do Is Just Let Them Sit And Watch Tv All Day. That's Just The Worst Thing You Can Do. You Need To Have A Teacher Working With That Child, Working On Teaching Language, Working On Social Interaction, Working On Getting Them Interested In Different Things, And Keeping Their Brain Connected To The World.

My Mother Was Always Expanding My Art Skills And Getting Me To Paint Different Things. You Always Got To Push Some. And, I Mean, I Learned Basic Things Like Getting Up On Time, How To Shop - You Know, You Don't Touch Things In A Store You're Not Going To Buy. These Things Were Taught Very Young. I Don't See Today Enough Of This Basic, You Know, Basic Skill Teaching.