Global Autism Awareness Elizabeth Heffington, Juliana Kuntz, Caitlynn Lange
Why ?
UC Davis MIND Institute
UC Davis MIND Institute The UC Davis MIND Institute is a innovative, international research center that focuses on awareness, ● understanding, causes, care and cures of neurodevelopmental disorders. MIND stands for medical investigation of neurodevelopmental disorders ● ● The institute is a consortium of scientists, educators, physicians and parents dedicated to researching the causes of and treatments for autism spectrum disorders, fragile X syndrome, and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Mentors Lauren Libero Melissa Mello Tomoko Vidales M.A. Team Lead Tadpole study at mind PHD institute Research focuses on Works with Autistic kids in 10 years working with autistic children multimodal brain imaging Japan. Masters in Special Education techniques and behavior in Board certified analyst autism Spectrum disorder
Our Mission To spread awareness and joy to a global community struggling with autism in hopes of the public and society accepting children with autism instead of ignoring it.
Research ● Studies show that pinwheels make autistic children feel happy and content ● blues, greens, purples, pale pinks pastels, and neutrals ● Many parents in other countries around the world ignore the fact that their child has autism because they are ashamed or embarrassed
What's the purpose?
What is a pinwheel made of? We used straws, pins, tape and origami paper
Our Timeline March- September-December: April: February- March: Research and planning March: Started Creating the Fundraiser at making elementary school Panera pinwheels presentation April: March: Purchased March: January- Shipped supplies Presented at February: pinwheels elementary Supply schools Searching and comparing prices
Lake Forest Elementary School Third grade class- Ms. McMillen
Green Hills Elementary Second grade: Mrs. Kuntz
How Can YOU Help? ● Treat others how you would want to be treated. ● Remember the four A’s: 1. Awareness 2. Acceptance 3. Appreciation 4. Action
What is Autism? The official name is Autism Spectrum Disorders. These problems happen when the brain develops differently and has trouble making sense of the world and helping someone communicate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrrXMO-NrCM http://praacticalaac.org/praactical/autism-awareness-and-acceptance-month-5-videos-fo r-kids/
Making the Pinwheels
Making the pinwheels
FINAL PRODUCT
Challenges and Obstacles ● Time management ○ Finding time we all could meet ○ Making the pinwheels took a lot longer than expected ● Presenting the information to children ○ It is a sensitive subject to talk about so we had to be very careful with what we said ○ They asked difficult questions ● Finding a mentor ○ After we finally found our mentors we had some difficulties communicating with them at first
What did we learn? How did it push us out of our comfort zone?
ITs cool to be Kind! :)
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