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Expert Profile: Sharon A. Mitchell

Expertise: Sharon can help with parenting and educational concerns. She has worked in teaching, special education and counselling for over twenty-five years and gives workshops to educators and parents on working with kids with autism spectrum disorders. Sharon speaks from both the education and parent points of view, having a son with Asperger's.

Experience in the area
Sharon is a special education consultant with a school district and autism consult for the province's Department of Education, giving workshops and individual consults. She is also the parent of a son with Asperger's who is away at university. Together they have a website at http://www.autismsite.ca that offers strategies for home and school. Sharon's Master's thesis looked at the long-term outlook for persons with high functioning autism and Asperger's.

Organizations
Website at http://www.autismsite.ca and sits on Autism Today's Panel of Experts (www.autismtoday.com)

Publications
Co-author of Amazon.com bestseller, The Official Autism 101 Manual

Education/Credentials
B.A. in Psychology, B.Ed. in Special Education, M.A. in Educational Leadership, Ph.D. Candidate in Autism

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Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: In the United States the rate of autism spectrum disorders is now 1:150.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 2200
Knowledge	9.97 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	10.0 Best of the best
Timeliness	10.0 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		1
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		162

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	11/24/08
10	10	10	10	11/19/08
10	10	10	10	11/16/08
10	10	10	10	11/08/08
10	10	10	10	11/01/08

User Comments

Thank you so much for your input and the websites. You went above and beyond what I was expecting. Thanks again, it was very helpful! Emily
(Emily on 11/24/08)

I want to thank you for helping ,
(Jean on 11/19/08)

Hello, this is the mother of the grandson from Jean. Just to answer some of the questions you had asked that g-ma didnt know. His reading and math are
(Jean on 11/16/08)

Incredibly helpful . God bless you for offering your services gratis. You have no idea how much you have helped us.
(Paul on 11/08/08)

this was an excellent and informative response. I am sure my family will follow your advice. Thank you.
(Linda on 11/01/08)

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Recent Answers from Sharon A. Mitchell

2008-11-25 Discipline in autism: You don't mention how old this boy is, but since you're using two minutes for his time out, I'm presuming that he's quite a young child. You're definitely on the right track to be concerned about discipline...

2008-11-23 Seth: Hi Emily, Tantrums and crying for hours can be very hard on the parents, can't it? You're right though. Age nine months is too young to diagnose Asperger's. One of the criteria for an Asperger diagnosis...

2008-11-15 Disability and School: What a lot of worries you family has been through about this little guy, Jean. And all these labels can be confusing. First, on the plus side, this child obviously has been blessed with a caring, supportive...

2008-11-07 17 yr old foster son: Bless you for the care and concern you're showing for this young man. You're quite right that there could be many reasons for the behaviors you see, many of them unrelated to an autism spectrum disorder...

2008-10-31 Behavior of Autistic child: You're exactly right in your observation that some of his behaviors resemble that of your 2 year old granddaughter. There are some neurological reasons for that and they're related to the limbic system...