Seeing the World Through Autism
posted 11:59 am Mon October 15, 2007 - Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County
reporter: Kendra Nichols
posted by: Kay Smith
The world can look and feel very different to someone with autism. Wendie Mancuso has experienced this through her nine-year-old son Daniel, who was diagnosed with autism when he was two-years-old.
"I kind of sat down and thought this could be a really long haul, and you gotta sit down and take that in, and you gotta accept that," says Wendie.
Wendie has made it her mission to help others better understand those with autism by holding autism awareness days. She has developed a program called Sensory Fear Factor.
"What I do is I alter your senses in a way to let you to begin to understand that a person with autism may not feel things or see things, or taste things the way a typical person may experience," explains Wendie.
Participants experience sight, sound, smell, and taste from the perspective of someone with autism.
Ann Shields-Young participated in the program and said it was amazing."I never realized that autistic children could feel so differently than I feel," says Ann.
Wendie hopes her program will make a difference. "The bottom line is I love my kid and I'm going to do whatever I can. Which is why I developed this." One out 150 children is diagnosed with autism. Four out of five are boys.
For more information on Sensory Fear Factor e-mail Wendie at wendiespot@msn.com
Click on the eVideo above to watch Kendra Nichols' report.
Wendie has made it her mission to help others better understand those with autism by holding autism awareness days. She has developed a program called Sensory Fear Factor.
Ann Shields-Young participated in the program and said it was amazing.
For more information on Sensory Fear Factor e-mail Wendie at wendiespot@msn.com
Click on the eVideo above to watch Kendra Nichols' report.
Latest Comment on Seeing the World Through Autism
Sonic Adventure 2
4:34 pm on 03/08/08
autisum is bad right or wrong??
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