Posted on June 29th, 2011 by admin
Oh, joy, I am so looking forward to getting through airport security tomorrow with a 10 year old with autism. Added to this joy will be explaining to the TSA staff about the Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) implant. This will be our first trip with this device. I’ve been told by some to not even try explaining the seizure aspect and just call it a pacemaker.
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Posted on June 24th, 2011 by admin
While long since debunked, I still hear the 80% number all the time.
Many people have heard this statistic as it has been cited frequently throughout cyberspace and beyond: “Parents of children with autism have an 80 percent divorce rate, much higher than that of the general population.” Although everyone seems to quote it, including the hit television show Parenthood (see the video below), this statistic has yet to be connected with any empirical evidence. In fact, a study last year “revealed no evidence to suggest that children with ASD are at an increased risk for living in a household not comprised of their two biological or adoptive parents.” According to the study, 65 percent of typically developing children lived in a two-parent household, compared to 64 percent of children with an ASD. - http://www.autism-society.org/blog/study-shows-a-diagnosis-of.html Tweet This Post
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Posted on June 6th, 2011 by admin
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