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Saturday, July 21, 2007

New DVD on Siblings: Understanding Brothers and Sisters on the Autism Spectrum

A new DVD, produced by Coulter Video, is designed to help siblings understand their brothers and sisters with autism. "Understanding Brothers and Sisters on the Autism Spectrum" includes four programs. The program for siblings 4 through 7 years old features a live narrator interacting with puppets. Two programs, for siblings ages 7 through 12 and age 12 through adult, include interviews with siblings describing how they’ve learned to deal with a wide range of au! tistic behaviors and found ways to enjoy interacting with their brothers and sisters on the spectrum. The fourth program, designed for parents, describes ways they've found to help their children accept and support each other.

The DVD does not cover Asperger syndrome because the company plans to release a second DVD in this series, "Understanding Brothers and Sisters with Asperger Syndrome," in late August 2007. This DVD will feature interviews with families who are dealing with AS.

www.coultervideo.com

This company does fine DVD's to help explain the spectrum utilizing knowledgeable teachers, professionals and individuals on the spectrum to share practical experiences on autism and Asperger's. AHA has reviewed many of them in our newsletter, On The Spectrum.