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Thursday, 26 April 2012

5 Easy Steps to Autism Junk Science

The latest attempt to use science to deny children with autism access to treatment came into my e-mail recently. I think this one needs to be shared.

Here’s the background.

The Ontario government has created a set of benchmarks to monitor progress and facilitate clinical decision-making for children in behavioral autism treatment programs. In the vernacular for the rest of us who are outside of government-based healthcare or social services, “benchmarks to facilitate ...decision-making”, means rationing of care. The general idea is to deny ongoing treatment for children with autism who don’t progress quickly, per a set government-approved schedule. This, of course, is to the benefit of the public purse at the expense of children with autism. More Here...

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

A Mom’s Story: Autism and Family Income

Guest post by Melanie Schrader, an active volunteer with the St. Louis chapter of Autism Speaks.

Being a working mom, especially a single working mom, can be difficult for anyone. Being a working mother and having a child on the autism spectrum has proven to be one of the biggest challenges of my life. This is my story. More Here...
Ignorance and Judgement

This post is dedicated to all the beautiful families out there that have been touched by #Autism more than once. While my words won’t remove the sting of another person’s snap judgement, hopefully it will at least feel good to know that you aren’t alone "

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Autism Light: Anita Lesko

Anita Lesko is from Pensacola, Florida. Anita was diagnosed with Aspergers at age 50, and lived the first five decades of her life without knowing about how Aspergers impacted her relationships and life. Autism though has not held Anita back from working to help others. She is an anesthesiologist, author, speaker, trainer, and one of a group of leaders seeking to establish a mentor program for people with Aspergers. Anita Lesko is an Autism Light for the important role she has filled in bringing awareness of autism through her writing and working to establish a program for mentors for people with Aspergers. More Here...

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

How it feels to have Asperger's Syndrome

I can totally relate to the following video from Asperger’s Sadie on twitter.

I am married for 19 years, but:

I have no real friends other than my wife

I do not get people

I do not know how to play the game

I can not read body language More Here...
Autism book: A Buffet of Sensory Interventions: Solutions for Middle and High School Students With A

A Buffet of Sensory Interventions: Solutions for Middle and High School Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders

by Susan L. Culp, MS, OTR/L

Categories:
Adolescents with ASD
Sensory Solutions
Teaching

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Book Review: Rex – A mother, her autistic child, and the music that transformed their lives

You may wish to watch this “15 minutes” video first – that way I won’t ’spoil’ the book for you.

Did you watch it to the end? If you did take a deep breath and try not to rant about the bit about autistic people having no emotions. Pity Cathleen wasn’t able to edit that bit out, but I imagine that ‘personal control’ and the ‘media’ are contradictions in terms. More Here...
God vs. Science

Joni Earecksen Tada's devotional arrived this morning with this line embedded, "Gut-wrenching questions honor God." How true. And good, since 15 years into our journey, there are more questions than answers.

She continues, "Despair directed at God is a way of encountering him, opening ourselves up to the one and only Someone who can actually do something about our plight. And when, with our questions, we either collide with the Almighty or merely bump up against him, we can never be the same. We never are when we experience God." More Here...

Monday, 23 April 2012

Our Child’s First Sleep Over

This post was written by my wife, Natalie, and editted by me, Stuart. This is, in her words, how Cameron’s very first sleepover went and how she handled issues when/as they came up.

We autism parents envy other parents for a lot of reasons. One of the biggest reasons can best be demonstrated by… the sleep over. More Here...
Study shows NAET helps autistics

Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, is the one who initiated the recent study showing that NAET measurably benefitted 23 out of 30 autistic kids. Those 23 no longer had to be in special ed classes after a year of NAET treatment. In contrast, all 30 in the control group remained in special ed classes. More Here...