april 1 2008
Today I was asked how I would use a photo card outside any of the holidays.
Well, I've been playing a long time with the idea to have a card with me to make people more aware of autism and how they can help children with autism.
Something more than the card I gave my son with his photo, passportnumber and the text that he doesn't have a passport with him because he's autistic and he looses it all the time. That one call is enough to have me show the passport at the policestation.
A card which looks happy and bright which says on the outside:
"Hi, I'm autistic!", maybe even with his own photo, and gives on the inside at the left an explanation what autism is, and at the right some helpfull advice.
Or with the text at the outside: "Hello, my son is autistic." and on the inside at the left an explanation and at the right some addresses where people can find more information.
A card like this one:
Today I was asked how I would use a photo card outside any of the holidays.
Well, I've been playing a long time with the idea to have a card with me to make people more aware of autism and how they can help children with autism.
Something more than the card I gave my son with his photo, passportnumber and the text that he doesn't have a passport with him because he's autistic and he looses it all the time. That one call is enough to have me show the passport at the policestation.
A card which looks happy and bright which says on the outside:
"Hi, I'm autistic!", maybe even with his own photo, and gives on the inside at the left an explanation what autism is, and at the right some helpfull advice.
Or with the text at the outside: "Hello, my son is autistic." and on the inside at the left an explanation and at the right some addresses where people can find more information.
A card like this one:
It can be completely personalised, with text and/or a photo or a drawing of the child.
For teachers I would use another card.
This one:
On top: "How to help"
At the bottom: "an autistic child".
At the inside I would put at the left an explanation about autism, stressing the fact that autistic children process information in a different way than normal pupils, and at the left I would give a list of suggestions how to improve the learning process.
Custom Photo Cards are not only perfect to send for christmas and other holidays, but are also perfect to hand out information that needs to be kept and be easily accessible.
I've found out that they deliver the message far better than, for instance, letters to teachers, and most of the people remember the image and can find the card far better in their bag or drawer that when the information is given in a letter.
The nicer the card, the more chance it will be put on display and will be read by others.
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