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Thursday, 17 May 2012

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

  • Having Nana For Dinner?






    Saturday, I was telling Gabe, that we were having Nana for dinner on Sunday. As soon as those words came out of my mouth, I began to giggle. I knew exactly what Gabe would say next. More Here...

  • 1:88 and not an epidemic per the CDC?






    1:88 and not an epidemic per the CDC? That is because they would have a HUGE backlash if they acknowledged anything environmentally was contributing to this enormous spike in the autism diagnosis.
    More Here...
  • No Child Left Behind, Fact or Fallacy


     

    Can education for the autistic be improved? I am trying to spread autism awareness, lend a voice to topics that are interesting to people who are either autistic or have friends or family that are. I have 3 kids on the autism spectrum, I have asperger’s as well. My kids all struggle in school and I am concerned that they will not graduate and if so what have they really learned. I was quite the opposite, school academics came easy, it was the social and PE related things that were difficult. I was, in a way left behind. I might have skipped a few grades but due to my teachers and their concern or is it lack of concern or understanding I was never allowed to skip any grades. My elementary years were a joke for me. I could read as well as I do now at 43 at 8, and my math skills were about the same as well, but I was never asked to skip grades mostly due to my teachers not really understanding or “getting” me. In that vein of thought here is a fine article by Mari Nosal with regards to her thoughts on the so called “No child left behind idea”More Here...

  • Autism and Bullies



    Stephanie Pappas of LiveScience wrote and excellent article that is troubling at times to consider.   The majority of students in my school have Autism, Asperger Syndrome or other developmental disorders.  However, when I reached the following line in the article, it was very hard to stomach. More Here...

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

  • Your Child’s Autism is Not a Theory!



    TV3 Ireland AM
    recently interviewed an autism “expert,” a clinical psychologist, Tony Humphreys, who made a comment about autism, saying the disorder is “a theory.” So now your kid’s a theory. How about that? Chalk this up to another misunderstanding into which a naïve, clinical psychologist fell! Will these professionals ever learn that parents of children with autism are a prickly bunch? Understandably, parents are outraged at his comments. It is hard enough living with a child with autism, fighting for that child’s rights to treatment and education, and bankrupting the family for the child’s treatment. What’s impossible to then bear is for some so-called expert to come along and deny your child’s debilitating condition by calling it a theory! More Here...
  • Autism Speaks Co-Founders Appear on NBC Nightly News


     

    On May 1, Autism Speaks Co-Founders Bob and Suzanne Wright appeared on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams for an interview about the Theatre Development Fund’s highly successful Autism Theatre Initiative to make theatre accessible to children and adults on the autism spectrum, and their families. Since the program’s launch in October 2011, special autism-friendly performances of The Lion King and Mary Poppins have been staged on Broadway. More Here...

Monday, 14 May 2012

Autism in the News

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