Do trains or cars fascinate your child with autism? The New York Transit Museum has designed a program just for him or her – Subway Sleuths. This after-school program for kids ages 8 and 9 with autism is designed to teach the kids about the New York transit system’s history and to give them the opportunity to become more social. Lots of children enjoy Thomas the Tank Engine, originally from Great Britain. The programs there are more established; both The London Transport Museum and The National Railway Museum host events. One mom started a train club where parents and children meet monthly to talk about and play with trains. Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge says of this absorption, “Kids with autism treat moving trains, especially ones that have limited motion like just going along the tracks, as a natural reward. It catches their attention. Once you’ve got the child’s attention, you can do many types of teaching.”
Read original article: Children with Autism, Connecting Via Transit
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