Hi everyone! My name is Tricia and I have a 3 1/2 year old son with
autism. He will be starting at ABS next week. Just thought I would
post and see if anyone else is using ABS -- ANY feedback would be
appreciated.
Also, I wanted to tell everyone about a show that's going to be on
MTV on Sunday night. Don't know if it will be credible or not, but
figured it would be worth watching!

MEDIA

Sons of Autism One 2007 Conference presenters on MTV's True Life on
March

18th

Save the date! Jeremy Sicile-Kira and Elijah Wapner, sons of
Autism

One 2007 Conference presenters Chantal Sicile-Kira and Dr. Valerie
Paradiz,

will be featured on MTV's documentary series "True Life." "True
Life: I'm

Autistic" will air on Sunday, March 18th at 9:00 pm EST. This
episode will

follow three teenagers on the spectrum, Jeremy, Elijah, and Jonathan
Lerman,

over 6 months.

Elijah Wapner - and others to be announced -- will be performing his

original stand-up comedy at the Autism One 2007 Conference Arts
Festival and

at the Saturday-night special events dinner.


For the MTV program times, visit the MTV web site for the most
current

updates: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/truelife/series.jhtml

Here's a description of the show! Hope you can tune in! True
Life: I'm

Autistic About 1.5 million Americans are believed to have some type of

autism, a developmental disability that impairs a person's social

interaction and communication skills. Because of recent news stories
about

the rate of autism diagnosis rising to 1 in 150 births, this disorder
has

captured the media's attention. Yet to most us, autism is still
mysterious,

and we tend to keep people with autism at arm's length. Few of us
understand

what autism really means, and even fewer know what its like to live
with.


In this episode of "True Life," we get up close and personal
with

three young people with autism. Each is affected by autism in a
unique way

(autism is considered a spectrum disorder that affects individuals

differently and with varying severity). Yet they're all capable of
amazing

things.