Living Well With Autism
- Welcome
- Coping
- Autism handbook
- Meal time tips
- Bed time tips
- Play and engagement tips
- Communication Tips
- How to Use Picture Cards and Schedules
- Pragmatic Language Visual Helpers
- Sign Language Visual Helpers
- Behaviors picture cards
- Eloping picture cards
- Self Care Visual Helpers
- Food Visual Helpers
- Bedtime Picture Cards and Schedules
- Cooking Visual Helpers
- Restaurant Visual Helpers
- Dentist Visual Helpers and Tips
- Beach Picture Cards
- Speech Therapy Picture Cards
- OT and Sensory Picture Cards
- Therapeutic Horseback Riding
- Saint Patrick's Day
- Mardi Gras Picture Cards and Activities
- Easter Picture Cards and Activities
- Halloween Picture Cards and Activities
- Thanksgiving Picture Cards and Activities
- Christmas Picture Cards and Activities
- Holiday Picture Cards
- How to Use Social Stories
- Travel and Holidays
- Special interests
- Safety tips and abuse prevention
- Online Resources
- Contact Mary
Social Stories - Personal Safety
These social stories are designed to be enlarged on a copier and made into booklets, with one image per page. Feel free to customize them for your own child's needs.
A Stranger is Someone I Don't Know
This social story explains what a stranger is and how to stay safe. Click here to download the PDF. Also read: Staying Safe around Strangers with your child. This children's book does a better job of explaining what is a "trusted adult."
It's Not Okay to Hurt Me
This social story helps a child learn how to protect himself and report when he is hurt by someone. Click here to download the PDF.
What Are Private Parts?
This social story explains what private parts are in a simple way. It depicts drawings of male and female anatomy.I also used Barbie and Ken dolls to explain this to my son.
Please use this tool with sensitivity.
Good Touches and Bad Touches
This social story explains what touches are okay and which are not, and how to report bad touches. Be sure your child understands what private parts are first by teaching him with this other social story. Also read: I said NO! A kid's guide to keeping your private parts private.
Click here to download the PDF.