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What Should You Do When Your Child Needs Special Assessment?

Autism and Special Needs, Health, Parenting / 3 minutes of reading

At the LagosMums 4th Annual Parenting Conference and Exhibition last year (2017), during her session, Mrs Tosin Babalola shared a few nuggets to help parents be more educated about their child’s developmental milestones and about special assessment. How do you know when your child needs special assessment? There are certain developmental milestones that children attain at […]

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How To Help Your Child With Autism Sleep Better

Autism and Special Needs, Featured Posts, Health, Parenting / 2 minutes of reading

Most children with Autism have sleeping difficulties. A lack of a good night’s sleep can affect not only the child but everyone in his or her family, especially mum. Their sleeping difficulties include difficulty falling asleep, inconsistent sleep routines, restlessness or poor sleep quality, waking early or waking frequently. Read Also: Autism: The myths and

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Empowering Women And Girls With Autism

Autism and Special Needs, Featured Posts, General, Health / 3 minutes of reading

World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognised day that holds on the 2nd of April every year. It raises awareness of issues surrounding people, particularly children, with autism worldwide. The theme this year is “empowering women and girls with autism” In November 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution drawing attention to the

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Autism Awareness- The Reinforcer Kits; A Motivation Your Child Needs.

All, Autism and Special Needs, Featured Posts, Health / 4 minutes of reading

asktoks.com is an organisation that provides behaviour therapy for children living with autism and other neuro-developmental disorders. So let’s imagine a typical day for super mums, busy! busy!! busy!!! but no matter how busy and stressful our day has been, we always want to max out on time with our children. One way to do

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How An Autistic Child Can Excel

Autism and Special Needs, Featured General, Parenting / 3 minutes of reading

Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder is a condition that is usually detected in children when they are between the ages of 2-3 years. It is usually identified by challenges with verbal communication, social skills and repetitive behaviours. Parents of children with autism, as with parents of other special needs children, suddenly find themselves thrown into the deep

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Seven Things To Know About Autism

Autism and Special Needs, Featured Posts / 4 minutes of reading

Every year, World Autism Awareness Day is internationally recognized to take measures in raising awareness about people with autism throughout the world. It was the ninth annual World Autism Awareness Day on Sunday, April 2nd, with the theme for this year being “Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination”. To contribute to raising awareness on autism, we put together a list

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Autism Spectrum Disorders: Your Questions Answered

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What are Autism Spectrum Disorders? The term “Autism” has been expanded into “Autism Spectrum Disorders” (ASD), which is a group of brain developmental disorders characterised by challenges in communication and social interaction along with persistent repetitive behaviours. There is a wide variety of symptoms and severity across the spectrum, ranging from mild challenges to interference

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GTbank’s Orange Ribbon Initiative offers Therapy to Autism in Nigeria

Autism and Special Needs, Featured General / 5 minutes of reading

The Orange Ribbon initiative is an advocacy programme designed to support children with developmental disabilities, most especially the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It seeks to ensure that these children are not stigmatized and that they receive the required support from parents, teachers, friends, government and the society. The two-day conference of GT Bank Orange Ribbon

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The 5TH Annual Autism Conference

Autism and Special Needs, Featured General, Featured Posts / 1 minute of reading

LagosMums brings to you GT Bank’s 5th Annual Autism Conference with the theme “Bridging Gaps and Transforming Lives” coming up on 30June-1st July 2015 at Muson Centre, Onikan, 9am daily. Areas of Discussion include; Five Years Review: What we have Learned and What We needs to be Done. School and Community: Helping individuals with Special

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What Autism Is and What It Is Not

Autism and Special Needs, Education, Featured General / 2 minutes of reading

Below is a list of quotes from parents on their views of what Autism is and what it is not. What autism is and what it is not gives an opportunity to bring more awareness. In celebration of World Autism Day below is an excerpt culled from Huffington Post on some real quotes about autism. Autism

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