Nathan On Exercise Ball with Therapist

Video Summary

Unlike his typically developing brother Benjamin, Nathan, who is on the autism spectrum, does not seem to enjoy playing with his therapist on the exercise ball. He quickly disengages from this social interaction; he prefers to stare out the window at the falling snow.

Keywords

• General Behaviors
• prefers to be alone
• Nonverbal Behaviors Used in Social Interaction
• lack of social smiling
• lack of facial expressions
• lack of eye contact
• Social Interaction
• lack of engagement
• Social Interaction
• lack of excitement in interactions
• Therapies
• Physical Therapy
• therapy strategies
• working with autism