Autism and Aspergers

 

Fast ForWord is approved and funded by the Australian Government as an early intervention programme for children with ASD under 7 years old.

 

One, a language study, showed that Fast ForWord quickly moved autistic children from severe language impairment to the normal range. But another pilot study of one hundred autistic children showed that Fast ForWord had a significant impact on their autistic symptoms as well. Their attention spans improved. Their sense of humor improved. They became more connected to people. They developed better eye contact, began greeting people and addressing them by name, spoke with them, and said good-bye at the end of their encounters. It seemed the children were beginning to experience the world as filled with other human minds.
Extract from chapter 3 of "The Brain That Changes Itself" International Bestseller by Norman Doidge

 

 

   Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) need to develop skills in their sensory system (sight, touch, taste and hearing).  They require particular support with their auditory (hearing) sensory skills.  Children with Autism often have difficulty perceiving the differences in sounds (an auditory processing disorder), and this is a core component of their attention, memory and language difficulties.

They may have learning disabilities related to verbal and non-verbal communication, social interaction and creative playing.

Fast ForWord software is a popular autism program because it targets the language and processing delays at the heart of the autism diagnosis.

Fast ForWord helps many children on the autistic spectrum. It improves their language skills and attention. Parents and carers often report recognisable gains in language function. Autistic children find the Fast ForWord programs very engaging because of the visual appeal of the exercises and frequently repeated tasks. Children diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) can also make significant gains in their oral language skills after doing Fast ForWord programs.

While outcomes do vary for autistic children, our programs almost always make a difference, sometimes profound, because the brain will always respond to our exercise stimulus. Our goals are:

  • Better language & social interaction
  • Efficient reading
  • Improved focus

 

The Science Behind Fast ForWord

Dr. Michael Merzenich, a co-founder of Fast ForWord, made this ground-breaking discovery:

 

Children on the autism spectrum make the same errors in language and reading as higher functioning children. They are just making more of them.

This is a watershed event for families with autistic children. Since Fast ForWord is able to rewire the cognitive skills of higher functioning children, as shown on functional MRI's, then why can't its programs help autistic children?

 

Intensity To Rewire Thinking and Learning
Unlike one-on-one personally administered autism programs, Fast ForWord uses powerful adaptive algorithms that react with precision to every click. The software, based on years of study about learning patterns and brain behavior, challenges autistic children to process faster and faster -- every click counts -- creating an intensity that goes far beyond what human interaction can achieve.

 

Watch a video on the impact of Fast ForWord for children with Autism.

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Finding a program to address your child's needs is not easy.

  • In center is expensive & inconvenient
  • Off-the-shelf software is ineffective
  • Tutoring does not help long term
  • Meanwhile, your child is falling behind
  • More affordable than tutoring.

Our program may be your answer.

We provide clinical software, done at home, monitored by professionals, that is adaptive -- it zeroes in on your child's specific needs.