Wow. A community "unschool" setting could be an ideal. I liked what the group in Florida [diana et al] have set up with other families for a community group....
... From: Carolyn King [mailto:thinkingabilities@...] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 12:17 AM To: autismlist@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Autismlist] wat...
"Implicit in these proceedings is the notion that autistics are inhuman, and must be therefore made human. It is only then that their rights will have been...
Sheree, that's fabulous! The paradigm is really starting to shift. Ricki Robinson is great; I met her at the same Greenspan conference you and Jamie were at....
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Tink, Hello, I have four kids in total. My oldest are 17 year old twins who are autistic. They are higher functioning although still definatly very autistic....
... Thanks "anonymous". You bet I know Tink is single and I moved on her long ago. That's just my way <smile>. Unfortuneately ray moved alittle faster. Oh...
... Devereux California is going through some big changes. Parents might be able to arrange something with them. Tom ... __________________________________ Do...
... From: Tom Smith [mailto:qim@...] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:03 PM To: autismlist@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Autismlist] wat to do when the...
Kathleen, Yikes!! I thought I had it bad. Goes to show you that even the ones amongst us with the most problems can still do the most good. The Autie's are...
Yikes, Kathleen! I have six brothers and one sister. When we were growing up, the boys probably could *all* have been called "O.D.D." I used to hide in the...
Tink, What I was thinking would be to obtain a license as a private school with the directive of academics and life skills. Focussing on social skills would...
Hi Carolyn! I always thought you and Colton lived in Georgia. DUH! on me ;o) Here is a past post last August from Diana in [i believe] S.E. Florida. ~*~ Tink...
From the UCSD document: "Another possible therapy would involve ordinary mirrors. Ramachandran has successfully treated amputees who experience pain or...
Now you girls are talkin. Women power!! Tom ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best...
Tom, Thanks ! Its actually every one working together......"people power" LOL Truth be known it was my boyfriend's idea. I know......behind every powerful...
Hi my name is Cindy. I have a son Gavin who will be 7 the beginning of May with autism. He was diagnosed at the age of 3. He gets ABA in home therapy and...
You should read a book called "simple simon" i made a post about that a few days ago. Its very good. San. ************** ALSO - APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS...
Hi Cindy! Well, each kid is different ... my son Ben, 6 y.o., didn't show much of a change with dietary changes or supplements, though he seems to do better in...
Hey Ray! Thanks for the lines.....the article is out, April 11th issue with jennifer anniston on the cover. It's a fair article on FC, but some of the points...
Thanks to San & Jim for the excellent responses. I agree with your perspective here, Jim. Our Ben had seizure and EEG evaluation for Landau-Kleffner too - up...
... Here, here. It sounds like you are spending a lot of money on a lot of things all at once, and even if any one of them is effective, you've got so many...
Tink and Kathleen, Your responses on this thread were music to my ears. Do you realize you are the only parents on the net I have read the past ten years that...
Thanks for all your great responses to me. I must admit I feel alittle overwhelmed by them though. Seems as though I have put my faith in D.A.N. Drs who I...
Kathleen, Excellent critiques of DAN-type "biomedical" interventions from Dr Laidler. Too bad he seems to have defaulted to the party line on FC and ABA (cf....