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Big Kid Stroller for Autism

We’re making a trip to Florida in the near future for a doctor visit and a quick trip to Walt Disney World.  We have always traveled with a stroller.  It makes getting through airport security MUCH easier.  However, she is getting a tad too big for the standard umbrella stroller.  I have gotten used to the dirty looks by judgmental people.  I am counting on karma paying them a visit at some point.  I noticed when searching for a big kid stroller that there is even a blog and a Facebook page where folks can go and practice being judgmental by mocking kids too big to be in strollers.  Granted, most of these kids at the WALK blog probably are too big for a stroller.  It is impossible to know what their circumstances are just from a picture.

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Autism, Too much to carry

Autism is on the verge of entering a new degree of difficulty in our world.  My daughter is approaching a size/weight where it is more and more difficult for me to pick her up.  This means that the risk factor of being in public goes up significantly.  Going out in public for us is somewhat of a crap shoot.  About 90% of the time, it is not an issue.  We can go anywhere.  10% of the time, it is a complete disaster.

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PBS Newshour 6-part series on Autism airs during Autism Awareness Month

Robert MacNeil returns to PBS NEWSHOUR to report on Autism Today

6-part series airs during Autism Awareness Month

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Wretches and Jabberers

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Parents Magazine feels the wrath of Autism Parents

Silver Spring, Md. March 25 — It all started when Jennifer Ethirveerasingam looked at her April issue of Parents magazine. Mother to a child with autism and aware that April is Autism Awareness Month, she began to page through the magazine, looking for an article—anything—about autism. Finding nothing, she told some friends, who posted on the Parents magazine Facebook page under the heading “Lack of Autism Coverage.”

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Bruesewitz v. Wyeth Press Conference

Great video, especially Rolf Hazlehurst who starts at the 12 minute mark.

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The Autism Retort

The Autism Retort (Drudge style) has been relaunched.  The Autism Retort blog / blog roll site will continue to function here.  Please bookmark and pass along the new site. Tweet This Post

Dr. Sears on Fox and Friends (Oct 2)

Watch the latest video at <a href=”http://video.foxnews.com” mce_href=”http://video.foxnews.com”>video.foxnews.com</a><br /><br />

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Autism Scale

I wish there was some accepted and quantifiable scale that we could all use when discussing individuals diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.  It is so frustrating to see a kid who bangs his head and spins all day everyday and a higher functioning person with Aspergers, both lumped into AUTISM.  This is the root of many disagreements and feuds over autism that permeate the Internet.  People are not talking Apples and Oranges.

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Autism: Made in the USA Movie

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