Why, Tom...even you know that this "New Year" is based on the Gregorian Calendar!...Therefore (as an autie), I must clarify your message as "Happy Gregorian...
... I'm an arrogant American Pig. You're correct, please forgive me. ... Oh no, did I?!?! I pride myself on getting that one right too. ... Whew, I was...
How and why do I receive all your posting? It is getting to be to much, I prefer to read the posts in the community room not in my emal, please make sure I am...
... I have to clarify this due to something nasty that happenned to me on another list with this kind of stuff (acusations of alcoholism etc). The above really...
... <stonjek@...> wrote: Music Therapy, Sensory Integration and the Autistic Child Dorita S. Berger Foreword by Donna Williams January 2002 256 pages ISBN 1...
Below is a testimonial from one of the posters on the evolutionary psych list. It addresses the major issues of autism. Tom ... <leif@...> wrote: "It is a...
Hello, My name is Brandy. I have a three year old Autistic Daughter named Kendra; she is an absolute pleasure to be around! I joined this list because I am...
Get thee to an FC expert on children. Join FCWorld here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FCworld/ Ask them there and they can refer you to the nearest person....
What we can learn from Hank Williams, Sr I found more on Hank Williams <http://groups.msn.com/oddsnends/hankwilliams.msnw> . Does anyone know what health...
Hi Folks, Happy New Years, and the Religious Holiday of your choice. First off, John is doing great and wants to try independent living with a couple of other...
... I'm looking forward to summer solstice at this point. ... Can you blame him? <smile> My Zac (18 years old) is headed for South Africa in a few days. Your...
This reminds me of an analogy that Donna Williams devised, to describe this "contradiction" between"autism" and other conditions. She said that when a person...
... The trouble is that it's hard to measure cognition and learning development when there are severe motor and language deficits and on top of that an...
... The draft is on this page so you don't have to download the PDF file. I'll read through it and send my submission for comments before I send it. Others...
That's the trouble with all of human nature, we just cannot measure anything that someone else considers an "abstract", no matter how "concrete" we find it (or...
What are all these measurements and skills for in the end? L-O-V-E. Communication is our most direct way there and provide the basis for everyting else. Tom ...
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/117/ From "IACC Draft Report" "Most reports of “best outcomes” come from nonrandomized studies of rigorous Applied...
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/117/ From "IACC Draft Report" "Most reports of “best outcomes” come from nonrandomized studies of rigorous Applied...
As far as I know they have been duplicating the Lovaas experiment in various locations. It was/is called the Young Autism Project. Well, I don't know if it...
I went to the "Young Autism Project" and saw nada there in terms of studies or links to studies. Rose, I know that behaviorist gang only too well and what they...
Tom, you already gave the answer, but that answer just needs one term added: "verifiable", when you stated: "What are all these measurements and skills for in...
Tom, you already gave the answer, but that answer just needs one term added: "verifiable", when you stated: "What are all these measurements and skills for in...
Bravo Brian. ... At best what this "toning up" of "false measurements" of symptoms will do is show they are making empty "actors" who still are caught in the ...
Here's my submission. Please feel free to comment. Tom Public Comment on Draft: Evaluating Progress on the IACC Autism Research Matrix I'm responding to...
My Daughter Kendra, is 3 years old, and Autistic. She loves to play with sand and rocks, letting them "rain" down through her hands, well, today I made her a...
You're doing great Brandy. Keep it up. Reading this was enjoyable too. A male autie adolescent and "sand sifter" furnished the last quote in my FC interview...
I think its wonderful the way you have shared in an activity that your daughter really enjoys. This may help her to connect with you in an even richer fashion...
Thank you for the great responses, I posted this on several autism groups and I got lots of great ideas from all of you.. such as hiding educational things in...
I think she is no longer engaged in "self stimulation" because you have entered her activity. Now your daughter is aware of you and the sand-----you have her...