Why Use Visual Supports?
Visual supports are exceptionally helpful for individuals
with communication or behavior or learning challenges or other special needs, including those with:
- Autism
- Asperger's Syndrome
- PDD
- Fragile X syndrome
- Attention Deficit Disorders
- Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disability
- Hearing Impairment
- Down Syndrome
- Communication Disorder
- Behavior Disorder
- Language Delay or Disorder
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- Speech Disorder
- Multi-handicapped
- Alzheimers
- And many more...
Just Imagine
Imagine your boss or secretary telling you
all this information at one time.
- At 9:45 am you have a meeting with "Mr. Johnson"
- 10 am a meeting with "Mrs. Anderson"
- 11:35 am a meeting at the library
- 12:45 a late lunch with Mr. Jones
- 1:50pm file reports
- 2:45pm you need to call Mrs. Johnson
Just imagine not knowing details, being told all this
information at one time and not having a piece of paper to write all this down. Wouldn’t this be overwhelming and confusing?
All of us need and use visual supports.
Some of us use daily planners, and most of us use calendars
to break our weekly schedules / appointments, into days, time of day, who and where.
If we did NOT have these tools or if some-one took these tools away
from us -- we would be lost and overwhelmed.
