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The most difficult experience I had with a student wit autism was when I taught middle school last year. This student had to have a one on one escort all day long, therefore we all took turns being with him all day long. I had him during his lunch time. He would always do something in the lunch room, such as walking down the long lunchroom tables while others were eating. I did not know how to control his behavior, I was just a first year teacher. I decided to start picking up his lunch ahead of time and putting it in an empty teachers lounge. I started bringing him there and he would eat and actually have a conversation with me. After reading this book, I learned that he probably had hyper-aute hearing where the lunchroom sounded like a non-stop blaring rock stadium. When I learned to keep him in a quiet room away from all the other students during "B" lunch, (the loudest lunch of the day), he was much more manageable and open.