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From Un-Mitigated to Slightly-Mitigated Disaster
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I should have known better. When the note came home that Gus had pushed another student, I should have known that he was having an ‘off’ day. He has never in his life done that (not until the 25 mg of Strattera, but that’s for another day). He was kind of grumpy […]
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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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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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Thursday Thankfulness - a few days late
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The past few days have been insane, so I didn’t get to my Thursday Thankfulness. Here it is, and Happy Father’s Day as well!
1. I am thankful that my son is such a good eater with very few sensory issues with food. Especially now that he’s on Strattera, which is suppressing his appetite, it’s great […]
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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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Sensory Integration - Try a Little Music
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My son has very sensitive hearing. When he was in Early Intervention, his Occupational Therapist tried AIT or Auditory Integration Therapy with him to prevent some of his meltdowns. Auditory Integration Therapy is a method that uses music modulated to remove different frequencies at random throughout a half hour CD. That was a particularly rough year - […]
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Social Progress
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My son typically does not play with other children. He may play if there are one or two, one being his sister. More than that, and he tends to head in the other direction. But yesterday at a birthday party, he was squished into a small sandbox with his sister, three other kids and a […]
