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Fifty-Two Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-verbal Learning Disorder and High Functioning Autism
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I spent the day at a fantastic lecture by Dr. John M. Ortiz, Ph.D., founder of the Asperger’s Institute , called: “52 Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-verbal Learning Disorder and Autism’. While he didn’t get to all of the strategies, he covered many, and I learned a great deal about Asperger’s that I […]
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Working Toward Inclusion
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kids playing in sprinklers - in swimsuits, not clothes
From the Oxford Compact Dictionary:
Include: verb 1 comprise or contain as part of a whole. 2 make or treat as part of a whole or set.
I give Gus’s school credit for making good attempts at being inclusive. There are two self-contained classes in the school, and they […]
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“Autistic and Proud” on Good Morning America
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image of Ari Ne’eman from GMA interview
This morning, Good Morning America aired an interviewwith Ari Ne’eman (who, by the way, is an adult with Asperger’s) of the Autism Self Advocacy Network and Kristina Chew of Autismvox. They spoke about how instead of being so preoccupied with finding a cure for autism, society needs to take […]
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Autism and Faith
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A couple of weeks ago, Kristina Chew mentioned a booklet called Autism and Faith in her blog. After reading it, I almost feel ready to try bringing our family back to church.
We used to go to a Unitarian church when the children were very small, but as Gus got older, it was harder for the […]
