Lesson plan contains a good deal of information on autism such as who has it, how it is diagnosed, how people with autism learn, communicate and behave. Students will learn how to design and create tools to assist their friends with autism.

What is autism? How does it affect behavior? Students will find evidence of the author's tone or purpose for writing the article, as well as hints that show evidence of opinion. Includes a video clip from the movie "Rainman", and an...

Explore the handicap of autism and the inability to recognize faces. Create a mixed-up face with the mouth and eyes flipped upside down and conduct a survey of how five people are able to describe the expression on the face.