social networking autism
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Social Networkingin the
Autism Community
Bob Hudson, MA, M Ed, LSW
The Concept of Social Media
• Social media is defined as any format which can create or enable interactivity with people. Social media can be a means for social interaction, using highly accessible and large scale publishing methods. Social media can also be the use of web-based technologies to transform and broadcast media conversations or transcripts into social media dialogues. They can support the distribution of knowledge and information to transform conversations and transcripts into social media dialogues.
Social Media Dialogues
• Social Media Dialogues can be created through the interaction of people involved with particular aspects of needs to come together for a particular purpose. In this regard many social media groups have been formed globally to share ideas and come together for a variety of purposes.
Evolution of Social Media within Autism
• Social media has created a unique opportunity within the autism community to not only share ideas but offer support in a variety of ways. Social media within the autism community may also offer differing perspectives of approach depending on the type of social media being used.
Social Media Formats
• I will describe three popular social media formats here that might be used to communicate information about autism:
– LinkedIn– twitter– facebook
• Sets up more types of professional and business related connections
• Good for professionals such as educators, therapists, business people, government and a variety of others
• Provides many related groups to join and meet other people connected with autism
• Provides discussion formats within groups regarding autism related topics
• Allows a format to give and receive recommendations from various people on the Linkedin network
• Allows for quick and instant messages• Can be used to connect many “followers”
around a particular cause like autism• Allows for checking messages of many people
at the same time• Not as popular as Linkedin or Facebook for
social media connecting with autism
• A very social media—tends to have a larger variety of people connected to its network
• Large following of connections within the autism community
• More personal interface than Linkedin• Many autism connections here who are not
on Linkedin but there are some who are on both
• Has a format for chatting with people online
Social Media ExperienceJune 2010
• I began getting involved with social media in August 2009 to increase my knowledge of autism. I have been on LinkedIn now for about ten months and have over two thousand connections. In the process, I have met many people personally and greatly expanded my knowledge about autism.
• I have been on for about 6 months and do not use it that often but do many tweets via LinkedIn.
• My facebook experience is about two months old—there are many social connections here in the autism community. I have over 300 friends in a very short timeframe.
Bob HudsonBackground & Education
• I am a retired United States Air Force Major who has worked as a special education teacher for over eleven years. I am currently an autism intervention specialist in a small urban elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio. I have attended a variety of autism training classes, workshops and conferences.
• I currently teach the K-2 age groupFormal Educational Background and Current Licensures:BA, Social Work Cleveland State University (1979)
MA, CounselingJohn Carroll University (1991)
M Ed, Mild to Moderate Learning DisabilitiesNotre Dame College (2006)
Gifted and Talented Endorsement Ohio Teaching LicenseKent State University (2008)
Five Year Ohio Professional Teaching License Ohio Two Year LSW LicenseIntervention Specialist, Mild to Moderate and Gifted/Talented Licensed Social Worker (LSW)Expires June 30, 2014 Expires April 12, 2012
Social Media Websites
• LinkedIn• http://www.linkedin.com/
• twitter• http://twitter.com/
• Facebook• http://www.facebook.com/
Bob HudsonSocial Media Information
• LinkedIn– http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobhudsonlion– Email: [email protected]
• twitter– BhudLion
• facebook– http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages#!/profile.php?id=100000944087730– Email: [email protected]
Important Autism Websites• www.ocali.org – Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence• www.monarchteachingtech.com -- VizZle Teaching Software• www.autism-society.org -- Autism Society of America• www.noteabilities.com -- Kibbles’ Rockin’ Clubhouse – Autism Education Videos• www.healingthresholds.com -- Autism Resource Locator• www.playproject.org – Ann Arbor, MI – Play Therapy Education—Training/Workshops• www.milestones.org -- Autism Organization – Teacher Education/Workshops• www.autismmovementtherapy.com -- Autism Movement Therapy• www.achievementcenters.org -- Autism Education Services, Cleveland, OH• www.esc-cc.org -- Education Service Center of Cuyahoga County• www.cuyahogabdd.org -- Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities• www.rdiconnect.com -- Relationship Development Intervention (RDI)• www.pathwaysdlc.com -- Pathways – Online training
Some Recommended Readings• A Practical Guide to Autism—What Every Parent, Family Member and Teacher Needs to
Know by Fred R. Volkmar & Lisa A. Wieser, 2009, Wiley & Sons, NJ.
• Unstrange Minds—Remapping the World of Autism by Roy Richard Grinker, 2007, Basic Books, NY.
• Ohio Parent's Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Free publication of the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI). www.ocali.org
• Asperger’s Syndrome—A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Tony Attwood, 1998, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London.
• Different Minds--Gifted Children With AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits by Deirdre Lovecky, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London.