Autism Parenting Guide

Reposted from @stwiltshire Stephen Wiltshire is an artist who draws city skylines and street scenes often after seeing them only briefly. Thanks to @greatbigstory for the feature! #art #architecture #skylines #genius #autistic #autism #autismawareness #autismacceptance #actuallyautistic

One benefit of sorting and matching is that it encourages language learning skills. That’s because it mimics the way that our brains naturally learn and “file” new vocabulary in our brains. When we hear a new word for the first time (as a child or an adult), our brains use a technique called fast mapping to decide where to store that information. Then as we hear that term again and again, our brains refine where to file that word (slow mapping). This process is essentially a massive sorting and categorizing task that our brain does in a matter of seconds. It’s pretty amazing!