Archive for July, 2008
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Thankful It’s Thursday
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Let’s dive right in with the gratitude! Woo!
1. I am very thankful that we have such wonderful neighbors around us. I am constantly struck by how accepting they all are of Gus. The kids play with him when he’s feeling social, but don’t chastise him when he’s not. The parents never give ‘the looks’ and […]
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Adventures in Swim Class
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“We’re just having one of those days,” I said, trying to corral my two soaked swimmers toward the car, one dragging her feet, the other clearly agitated and not wanting to walk.
“What if I find myself saying that every day?” another mom asked, walking ahead of us. Wouldn’t we all like the answer to that […]
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Michael Savage: Someone Poked the Wrong Beehive
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image by Linda Bucklin
Last week I posted about Michael Savage and his idiotic comments about children with autism. AFLAC led the way for sponsors to drop his show. Well here’s what followed:
Sponsors who have dropped Savage:
Home Depot
Sears
Direct Buy
Cisco
Radio Shack
His show has also been terminated from radio stations in Mississippi, Virginia and Ohio. There was a […]
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Manic Monday - Storm
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image from It’s A Blog Eat Blog World
From the moment we left the house, the sky threatened a downpour. But we had to go to our neighbor’s birthday party: outdoor pavilion, playground, mini-golf and a beach. Miraculously, the weather held, and Gus did pretty well even though there were loads of kids, some of whom […]
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Travel and Autism Spectrum Disorders: More Attention on the Matter
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It seems that some organizations may be getting the clue that they need to be a bit more understanding about their customers traveling with children on the autism spectrum. An article in The Morning Call mentions that Delta Airlines is developing travel guidelines for families with a developmentally disabled member. Disney World, Sea World and Busch Gardens have […]
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Study Reveals More About Brain Centers Effected In Autism
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photo by Ian Britton
A Carnegie Mellonstudy has shown that the difficulty that autistic people face with understanding and functioning in social situations is due to a sort of communication breakdown between the areas that comprise the Theory of Mind centers of the brain. In layman’s terms, the messages are not getting from point A where […]
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Thursday Thankfulness
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Here we are again - what three things (I know there are Thursday 13s, but I can only work with 3 at a time) am I thankful for today?
1. Ironically, I am thankful that my last out-of-home job went kaput. Now, not only do I have even more time to spend with my kids, but […]
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Wilbarger Technique
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A few weeks ago a friend commented that she didn’t see what the Wilbarger Technique- a specific brushing and joint compression technique - was supposed to do. I couldn’t really explain it myself, at least not in plain English. But I think I may have it now.
Picture the brain that has some proprioceptive oversensitivity as […]
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Michael Savage: Who’s the Real Fool?
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I purposely avoided this controversy for two reasons. First, because I know what my son is and what he is not. He is a very bright child who happens to need extra support in several areas in order to function in the world. He is not by any means a fool, moron, […]
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More on the Genetics of Autism
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I’ve been thinking about the latest research that parents who tend to be ’socially aloof’ are more likely to have autistic children. This was how the conversation with my husband went when I first mentioned the findings:
“So they’re saying now that aloof parents are more likely to have autistic kids.”
“Isn’t that just like what they […]
