Better known by her nickname Putul in Bangladesh, she spearheads the autism campaign here as Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopment Disorders. During the interaction with the parents, Shore called for considering autism from a “strength-based model rather than a disability angle”. He asked parents to help children find out their strengths and difficulties, and support them to use their strengths to overcome the challenges. Despite diagnosed as autistic as a child, Shore completed his PhD from Boston University and is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Adelphi University. A select group of parents of the persons with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, experts and government representatives were present at the Suchona Foundation’s talk.

Source: bd News24 October 21, 2016 17:37 UTC