Archive for June, 2008
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Co-Morbidities of Autism and Asperger’s
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John Byrne cartoon
Co-Morbidities - what a scary word! It sounds like some sort of mass death sentence. For the layperson, however, co-morbidities are just multiple conditions that present at the same time.
At the seminar I attended last week, Dr. Ortiz discussed these conditions. He distinguishes between Asperger’s and High Functioning Autism by IQ scores, but […]
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Co-Morbidities of Autism and Asperger’s
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John Byrne cartoon
Co-Morbidities - what a scary word! It sounds like some sort of mass death sentence. For the layperson, however, co-morbidities are just multiple conditions that present at the same time.
At the seminar I attended last week, Dr. Ortiz discussed these conditions. He distinguishes between Asperger’s and High Functioning Autism by IQ scores, but […]
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Thursday Thankfulness
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It’s Thursday again, so that means it’s time to find three reasons to be thankful about the unique gifts of autism, Asperger’s or anything else that should come to mind! Here are my three for this week:
1. I am thankful for my son’s special education staff. It’s been a pretty good year and he’s grown so […]
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Thursday Thankfulness
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It’s Thursday again, so that means it’s time to find three reasons to be thankful about the unique gifts of autism, Asperger’s or anything else that should come to mind! Here are my three for this week:
1. I am thankful for my son’s special education staff. It’s been a pretty good year and he’s grown so […]
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An Experiment with Music
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On a whim I bought my kids a guitar. I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Gus loves music and his sister had been asking for a guitar for ages (usually for my electric antique, and there’s no way she’s getting that one). They have a slew of other instruments, including an electric drum […]
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An Experiment with Music
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On a whim I bought my kids a guitar. I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Gus loves music and his sister had been asking for a guitar for ages (usually for my electric antique, and there’s no way she’s getting that one). They have a slew of other instruments, including an electric drum […]
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What Is the Purpose of this Medication?
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Gus has been on Strattera for about a month now, at three different dosages, currently 25 mg per day. The first two levels made him a bit quieter, more subdued, and wore off around dinner time when he would start bouncing off the walls, I guess to make up for lost time. His appetite had decreased […]
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What Is the Purpose of this Medication?
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Gus has been on Strattera for about a month now, at three different dosages, currently 25 mg per day. The first two levels made him a bit quieter, more subdued, and wore off around dinner time when he would start bouncing off the walls, I guess to make up for lost time. His appetite had decreased […]
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Proprioception and Sensory Integration
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Proprioception is the body’s way of understanding what it’s doing and where it is. It’s how the body knows the arm is indeed raised upward when trying to get the teacher’s attention. Aside from body positioning, it provides feedback about inner workings of the muscles (are they flexed or relaxed, stretching or contracting) and tendons. […]
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Proprioception and Sensory Integration
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Proprioception is the body’s way of understanding what it’s doing and where it is. It’s how the body knows the arm is indeed raised upward when trying to get the teacher’s attention. Aside from body positioning, it provides feedback about inner workings of the muscles (are they flexed or relaxed, stretching or contracting) and tendons. […]
