We Are Not Your Community In Response to Autism Society Canada's Open Letter by Michelle Dawson excerpt: "This exemplifies ASC's determination to make autism a...
(xposted to LiveJournal/Asperger community) After reading the FAAAS and DelphiForums/AS&Partners stuff, what goes through my head is that the actual problem...
... I agree there with the ADD/ADHD thing. Seems like schools and medical professionals love slapping that label on kids. I think they like to use this label...
... My parents involved me in several "normal kid" activities as I was growing up. I remember being on a soccer team, and a swim team. I even got a 12th ...
my son has no interest in sports what so ever, so my husband and i feel there is no point in forcing him to do something he hates. We encourage his other...
What about physical fitness issues? ... From: "Wendy Archer" <wendyannearcher@...> To: <AS-and-Proud-of-it@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 01,...
i also agree on this, but we have come to realize only time ashliegh does this is when she goes behind her wall. Normally when it comes to timed test etc. i...
ashleigh enjoyed soccer, until the kids would make fun of her because of her uncordination and the way she ran, stiff like a board up her back. i wish parents...
No. Quite the opposite. This idea is being pushed by those who stand to make lots of money on Chelation Therapy. It's accepted because people want something...
i agree it is a shame, i just wondered since i work in the medical profession and know that mercury poisening can cause brain damage. wanda ... stand to ... ...
Yes, it can. It probably ought to be taken out of vaccines, just in case. However, the statistics are pretty clear, and have been for a while. ... From: "hun...
... Depends on which studies you look at, you can find some that have slight correlations either way. So, if you wnat to do bad statistics, you could also...
... That was me as a kid, no interest in sports at all. I suffered from a combination of poor coordination and just not being interested in it. I was more...
... At least she does take showers. I had similar problems too, not understanding why I should or shouldn't do certain things. Part of the problem with me is...
... I faced the same thing in some school P.E. classes. That's probably why I didn't like them much. ... That is a good thing, they can accept others as they...
... Did your parents undergo some kind of religious conversion around the time they pulled you out of the prep school? It sounds as if they were happy to...
... I'm not sure I have enough shirts to worry about this. I only recently learned that this bothers some people. I have certain clothes that I always wear...
(and for those outside the US, our most sincere apologies. Our country has been hijacked by mad cowboys) <fwds deleted> for those who do not understand...
... very ... Then fight the draft and the war's illegality with this, an international change to the nature of courts getting rid of their power of final...
... I do remember the principal and my mother discussing how it was better I be in a Christian enviornment, as opposed to the other school. I never understood...
Interestingly, I did my very best at a Christian school that I went to for a year, that was very strict. I only did well at very strict schools; otherwise I...
Hi I worry about my 10 yr old. He spends all his time in the basement watching cartoons or playing the playstation. It seems so hard to get him to spend time...
... Well, if he's anything like me... I've learned that in situations where I'm forced to be around a bunch of people (like High School), it is important to be...
oh my husband and I don't say anything to him. We know how much he likes cartoons and how much he loves the playstation. All he can talk about at the moment is...
... The problem I had with the ones I went was they had rules they tried to enforce on us that had nothing to do with education. They wanted to dictate what...
In a message dated 11/5/2004 4:14:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, asp@... ... I'm a 48 y. o. aspie, and as I look back over my school years, I sometimes ...
a.f.wilson, ... The classes I did best in had stucture and order. I generally did poorly in math but my algebra teacher in high-school was the best teacher I...
I am having such a horrid Saturday. My kids have been so disrespectful and mouthy and just being so nasty to me and each other. It's like, during the week, I...