{"id":94733,"date":"2019-04-18T16:18:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T02:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=94733"},"modified":"2019-04-23T10:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:12:05","slug":"uh-manoa-autism-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/18\/uh-manoa-autism-program\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa autism program a swimming success"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_52198\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P8ptWj_8SVE?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Manoa autism program a swimming success\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>A swim program that started two years ago with seven children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (<abbr title=\"Autism Spectrum Disorder\">ASD<\/abbr>) and five University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa student volunteers has blossomed into a group of 24 children with <abbr>ASD<\/abbr> and 24 <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> students as part of a required laboratory section of an Introduction to Adapted Physical Education class.<\/p>\n<p>The program provides children with <abbr>ASD<\/abbr> 10 weeks of swimming lessons two days a week during the fall and spring semesters. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> students enrolled in the class, learn about <abbr>ASD<\/abbr>, how to plan and teach appropriate swim lessons to children with <abbr>ASD<\/abbr>, and then have the opportunity to apply the information in the laboratory experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Autism-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"child in pool\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-94899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Autism-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Autism-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Autism-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Autism.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the United States. More than 1,800 individuals have been identified as having <abbr>ASD<\/abbr> in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> public schools.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Education<\/a> project is a partnership funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiiautismfoundation.org\/\">Hawaii Autism Foundation<\/a> and managed by <strong>Kelle Murphy<\/strong>, an associate professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/academics\/kinesiology-rehabilitation-science\">Department of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Everyone benefits<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;It has been rewarding to see the improvement in both swimming skills, comfort level and social skills of children with <abbr>ASD<\/abbr> along with the excitement of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> students when their child progresses and they realize that they are a part of the process,&ldquo; said Murphy. &ldquo;It been a great learning experience for everyone involved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Swimming skills are critical because drowning is the leading cause of death among individuals with <abbr>ASD<\/abbr>, according to the National Autism Association. Parents of the program also see the benefit having their child learn how to swim.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This program is exceptional,&rdquo; said Amy Carrasco, a parent of two autistic children. &ldquo;Dr. Murphy and the instructors that we work with are phenomenal. Where they were at the beginning to where they are now is truly remarkable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Julianne King, president and co-founder of the Hawaii Autism Foundation, added, &ldquo;Many children with <abbr>ASD<\/abbr> wander and are non-communicative. Being surrounded by water, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s statistics for these accidental drownings could surpass the national average.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.hawaii.edu\/GKn\">Learn more about the program at the College of Education&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_18556\"  width=\"620\" height=\"465\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nd8XFXXWAkI?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa autism program a swimming success (social)\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children with autism have made great strides since participating in the swim program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[95,868,9,56],"class_list":["post-94733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-college-of-education","tag-kinesiology","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94733"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94877,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94733\/revisions\/94877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}