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As autism strains family, private school comes to aid of sleepless mom

 
As autism strains family, private school comes to aid of sleepless mom by Tom Rademacher | The Grand Rapids Press

It’s barely dawn, and Melissa Hartwell nudges her husband, Dan, and wonders if he really has to go to work today. Couldn’t he just take off one more day? Just this day?
But he can’t, of course. […]

AutismMom on Life with Autism Spectrum Disorder, therapies, therapies, and more therapies

Our daughter could not ask for a better mommy. She does so much for our family and deserves much more appreciation than she gets. In addition to her other duties, she has penned her first blog post.

Hello,
Welcome to our website. Our purpose is to generate an ongoing forum for parents in […]

Indianapolis Verbal Behavior Center Expands - AutismDad Jealous.

By Gretchen Becker of The Indy Star
 

NYC Must Pay for Exec’s Son’s Special Ed

NYC Must Pay for Exec’s Son’s Special Ed By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press Writer (link from LA Times)
October 10, 2007
NEW YORK - A multimillionaire who sued New York City over its refusal to pay for his learning-disabled son’s private school education won by default Wednesday when the Supreme Court couldn’t agree which side was […]

Autism 101: What is Applied behavior analysis (ABA)?

Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is a systematic process of studying and modifying observable behavior through a manipulation of the environment. Its principles are derived from extensive basic research, often with non-humans, but has seen recent popularity in applied therapy with autism and other developmental disorders. It is comprised of an experimental approach to manipulating the […]

Good Autism Schools? Send links please.

I am interested in hearing about any/all Autism schools that you know about first hand or links to schools that you think look good.
Please send me links along the lines of the schools below.
Florida

The Victory School

North Carolina

The Mariposa School

Autism/PDD in the Classroom. Get a lawyer or move closer to an Autism School?

I would LOVE to hear from you on this topic. Email me at autism.parent@gmail.com!
We are faced with a dilemma in our family. We can leave our PDD diagnosed daughter in the public school system that is somewhat clueless, it seems, when it comes to Autism. Right now, we have been rejected on […]

2.5 Million NW Indiana Autism Center in DEFENSE Budget

One man’s pork is another man’s Autism Treatment Center, specifically, The Christian Sarkine Autism Treatment Center in Northwest Indiana.
I guess I left off an option in the previous post on Autism Schools. If there isn’t one near you, and you are a congressman, have a staffer write one into the next big Defense spending […]

Teaching duo set to open school for autistic children

Teaching duo set to open school for autistic children Aug 28 2007 By Patsy Payne @ icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk
This is not exactly the type of school I was talking about in the previous post, but in the news today …
“TWO grandmothers have mortgaged their homes to open an independent school in Tadworth for severely autistic children.”