Posted on December 5th, 2008 by admin
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.
LeSieur tried to find online tools that could guide autistic children around [...]
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Filed under: Autism Awareness, Autism Games, Autism Tech, Autism and Computers, Software
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by admin
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 [...]
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Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by admin
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.
Watch out for signs of depression, and don’t delay in getting [...]
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Filed under: Family, Marriage, Parent Tips, Stress
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by admin
(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 [...]
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Filed under: ABA, Applied Behavioral Analysis, Dr. Brown
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by admin
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 [...]
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Filed under: Abuse, Autism in the news, Divorce, Stress
Posted on December 1st, 2008 by admin
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 [...]
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Filed under: Flight Risk
Posted on December 1st, 2008 by admin
Top 10 Autism Fun Sites , Have Fun and Learn at the same time!
Starfall
PBS Kids
Poisson Rouge
Literacy Center
The Wiggles Playground
Playhouse Disney
Sensory World
Game Goo
My Little Pony
Caillou
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Filed under: Computers, Fun, Games, Phonics
