John LeSieur is in the software business, so he took particular interest when computers seemed mostly useless to his 6-year-old grandson, Zackary. The boy has autism, and the whirlwind of options presented by PCs so confounded him that he threw the mouse in frustration.
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This story blows my mind. Pathetic is the word that comes to mind.
Mesa special ed. director parked in handicapped spot by Jim Walsh of The Arizona Republic
The superintendent of Mesa Public Schools apologized to the father of two disabled boys who was angered by the district’s special education director’s use of a parking space reserved for the handicapped.
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Choose to take charge of your life, and don’t let your loved one’s illness or disability always take center stage.
Remember to be good to yourself. Love, honor and value yourself. You’re doing a very hard job and you deserve some quality time, just for you.
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(from Dr. Brown’s ABA4Autism Blog)
A recent study in the journal Pediatrics reports that high fever decreases the symptoms of autism. Many parents have already observed this relationship, but this is the first study that documents the effect. Clinicians have also documented this effect. In 1980, a viral epidemic causing high fever hit Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital in New York. All of the staff there noticed an improvement in the autistic children they worked with. Sadly, after a few days, the fever dissipated and all of the children became autistic again.” The improvement can be very dramatic, sometimes like a metamorphosis in which the child with autism or some other neuropsychological disorder becomes almost normal when they are running a high fever. I present such a case history, titled the “The Sometimes Son” in my case history eBook, Little Bubba’s Not Ready for Nashville Yet.
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A lot of you probably saw the story this week on 13 year old, Jacob Grabe, who had autism and was killed by his dad in September. (Autism’s terrible toll: Parents risk hitting “a breaking point”)
The article talks about parents reaching their breaking point and killing their child. These stories are not new and very sad to say the least. I must say that I am more than a little shocked at the number of cases where this has happened. I’ve seen a lot of stories on the “safe haven” laws around the country where parents can drop kids off at a hospital, police station, etc. While these laws are intended to stop newborns from being killed and dumped, I wonder what these laws have to say about special needs children. I know there has been a lot of talk related to age limits after the mess created in Nebraska, but age probably should not be a factor if special needs are involved. Drop me a line if you have any information on this topic.
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The ionKids system allows you to monitor up to four tagged objects at once. Children, seniors, pets or anything you might lose and want to keep safe. The system consists of a base unit, a handheld device that allows parents to monitor up to four tags simultaneously and a Wristag. Tag holders can be purchased seperately and can be clipped onto belt loops or lanyards; Wristags can be locked on children’s wrists. ionKids lets you set a variable zone around the base unit so you will know when your child wanders to far. If you can’t find them, use the locating device and let it show you where to go to find them. ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR KIDS. LET IONKIDS HELP TAKE AWAY THE STRESS.
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