Autism in Your Classroom: A General Educator's Guide to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Topics in Autism)
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | yesterday
Your pretty red house is engulfed in a roaring fire. You keep feeding the fire. Maybe petrol will help. Pour it on. Maybe some oil. Pour that on too. You don’t know. Nobody knows. Some guy you met on the internet tells you he’s a fireman and that the best way to stop a fire [...]
Be A Good Mom (Free subscription) | yesterday
When I tell Pookie to put his breakfast dishes in the sink, which boy is it that takes the time to pour the unfinished milk from his cup into another random cup sitting on the bottom of the sink? Which boy is it that carefully floats his toast crusts on the water in the [...] Related posts: The boy at the bus stop. There is a boy who comes to our bus stop... I need to get some pictures of the boy up...
Autisable (Free subscription) | yesterday
Desiree Jennings, a Washington Redskins cheerleader, took a seasonal flu shot in the summer. Days later she developed muscle dystonia, suffering seizures and uncontrollable muscle twitching that disabled her totally–unless she was jogging or walking backward. So strange. I saw a video about her online not too long ago. Generation Rescue organizers saw it too and referred her to a controversial...
Autisable (Free subscription) | yesterday
Many moms go through a tipping point around the time their children reach elementary school. It is the dawning realization that, “It’s not about what I want. It’s about my child having a life of self-determination and fulfillment based upon his own unique talents and preferences.” Slowly, we learn to accept our children for the wonderful people they are, and not the ones we...
Autisable (Free subscription) | yesterday
I have seen a few attacks on those that desire and search for a remedy for autism. Most recently on Twitter where an inference was made that a father thought less of his own son because he wished for a cure. If we look at autism as a group of symptoms, some of which are not particularly pleasant, I don't see why it is wrong to hate autism. If the symptoms cause grief for your child it would be no...
Autisable (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is part of a paper I wrote about Early Intervention. It’s a little long, and a little wordy for the casual internet reader, but, every once in awhile, it’s important to nerd out and get intellectual and precise. There is a link to my citations at the end. Here we go. In the United States, the idea of ‘early intervention’ (EI) arose in the late 1950’s, and early 1960’s...
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Such is the title of the latest article in the Chicago Tribune by Trine Tsouderos and Patricia Callahan. The article is subtitled: Researchers’ fears about misuse of their work come true. Go now and read it. I’ll pull some examples here, but read the article. Send it to your friends. When a writer tells [...]
Dr. X's Free Associations (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I'm not about to recommend it, but a mother claims that medical marijuana saved her son's life. Video.
Autisable (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Every day there’s a new story in the paper, in the news about a child with special needs being bullied on the playground, in the halls of school, etc. Unfortunately, I’ve seen it first hand with my own children. The lack of social skills makes children with autism a particularly easy target of bullies. Kids with autism are usually loners. They don’t want to tattle on the bully for...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
More children are being diagnosed with autism, primarily due to a broadened definition and greater awareness from parents and physicians.
The Happy Hospitalist (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Mental Health Update (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Children with autism often have behaviour problems such as tantrums, aggression and self-injury as well. An antipsychotic drug called risperidone is sometimes used to reduce this behaviour but the problems return once the medication is stopped and the drug can cause children to put on weight leading to health problems and obesity. Researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health in the U.S....
Science-Based Medicine (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Ever since I first discovered the anti-vaccine movement, first on Usenet, specifically on a Usenet newsgroup devoted to discussing alternative medicine (misc.health.alternative, or m.h.a. for short) and then later on web and on blogs, there have been two things that have horrified me. First, there are the claims that children suffer all sorts of harm [...]
Autisable (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
This morning I read a very thought provoking post over at Joys autism blog , where she mentioned that autism was something she was thankful for. It inspired some thoughts of my own, that sort of took off. I am often guilty of swinging back and forth on my thoughts about autism. I often get upset that Josh has autism, knowing who he was before, and knowing the things he now struggles with. But then...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
How a parent can decipher behaviors that take place at school through assessments and gathering of information.
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autismnews | 30/06/2009
British Parliamentarians of all parties in the House of Commons in Westminster have backed an early day motion on Autism and the Carer's Allowance. EDM 1551 was tabled by Lee Scott MP who has been campaigning tirelessly in the House of Commons on autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Autism campaigners in the United Kingdom have been urging the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Government to increase the...
autismnews | 18/10/2008
(London, UK) The multi-talented young British guitarist, Jon Sterry is all set to rock for autism in the United Kingdom. Sterry has been described as a 'top guitarist' by Virgin Radio is an exciting new talent - he aims to play a stunning set at the charity concert in Woodford Green, Essex. The warm up act is the up and coming teenage band, 'The Badgers' who will entertain the audience with their brand...
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