Tips for Personal Hygiene - Real Life Tips for Kids With Autism

Published 2014-03-05
Personal hygiene is often difficult for people with autism spectrum disorder. Learn strategies to help improve these skills from Jill Harris, Ph.D. the coordinator of autism services at Children's Specialized Hospital and a mother of an adult child on the spectrum.

Children's Specialized Hospital, the largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital in the country, treats children affected by brain injury, spinal cord injury, premature birth, autism, developmental delays, and life-changing illnesses at twelve sites throughout New Jersey. Services include outpatient therapies, physician specialty services, acute rehabilitation, medical day care and long-term care through its sites in Bayonne, Clifton, Egg Harbor Township, Mountainside, Toms River, Fanwood, Hamilton, New Brunswick, Newark and Roselle Park as well as outreach programs in many communities. Children's Specialized Hospital is an affiliate member of the Robert Wood Johnson Health System and a proud member of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation supports the programs and services of the hospital. The Foundation is ranked among the top six pediatric hospital foundations in the country. To help, or find more information: call 888-CHILDRENS; visit www.childrens-specialized.org; Facebook: www.facebook.com/childrensspecialized; Twitter: www.twitter.com/childrensspecnj; YouTube: youtube.com/cshnj; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/children's-specialized-hospital

All Comments (7)
  • @moneylinda
    Hello there I tried visual pecs and he see us use the bathroom and he see his baby brother in the bath tub but nothing works I tried almost everything.....help any advice ?
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