| Autism Special School | | | | information. Trouble making sense of what he or |
| Does your child with autism struggle to know | | | | she hears. |
| verbal information? Do you sometimes be sure | | | | 2. May have difficulty staying on task. |
| overly your child have to not be listening enough, | | | | 3. May look around for visual cues, since they do |
| when properties always mix up verbal directions? | | | | not understand directions. Autism Special School |
| Have you heard of Auditory Processing Disorder | | | | 4. Responds fairly well in quite situations but may |
| and wonder if your child has it? This article will be | | | | have great difficulty listening in noisy |
| discussing APD, diagnosis and impending | | | | environments. |
| characteristics of that disorder. Autism Special | | | | 5. May have difficulty telling the difference |
| School | | | | between words that sound familiar. |
| It is important to understand that many disabilities | | | | 6. May have difficulty remembering information in |
| have Co Morbid conditions that may occur with | | | | the order it was said? |
| them. For example: a child with Autism may also | | | | 7. May be visually alert. |
| have Sensory Integration Disorder, ADHD, learning | | | | 8. May perform poorly on tests requiring verbal |
| disabilities and also Auditory Processing Disorder. | | | | language information. |
| By having knowledge of all disabilities that a child | | | | 9. May have difficulty working independently. |
| has, you will be able to advocate for appropriate | | | | 10. Inconsistent performances. Autism Special |
| needed special education services. | | | | School |
| Auditory Processing Disorder is the inability to | | | | If your child is showing some of these signs, you |
| attend to, discriminate among, or understand | | | | may refer them to your special education |
| auditory information. Language is developed by | | | | personnel in your school district, for an Audiological |
| children by listening. When auditory skills are weak, | | | | evaluation. Most school districts do not have |
| the child may experience auditory overload; which | | | | Audiologists on staff, so they would have to pay |
| makes learning much more of a challenge. | | | | for the evaluation for you to take your child to a |
| Also much of school learning is done verbally, | | | | private Audiologist (if they agree of course-though |
| which puts the child with this disorder at a terrible | | | | some hearing officers have given parents |
| disadvantage! | | | | Independent Educational Evaluations at public |
| Here are a few characteristics and symptoms of | | | | expense, if the school district refuses to evaluate |
| APD: | | | | a child in all areas of suspected disability). Don't let |
| 1. Has normal hearing but has difficulty in the | | | | your love ones suffer anymore! Lead them out |
| reception (receiving) and interpretation of auditory | | | | through Autism Special School program now! |