Posted on September 19th, 2011 by admin
As most of you know, leaving your kid with autism alone in another room, often leads to bad things, very bad things. In our case, we have the standard behavior related reasons that supervision is needed plus worry over seizures.
We have been using laptops, iPads, and Skype to monitor our daughter from another part of the house.
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Posted on February 17th, 2011 by admin
I have been searching in vain for awhile for some type of solution that will alert me if my daughter has a seizure during the night. 1/3 of kids with autism have seizures. The #1 cause of sudden death during sleep in children with neurological conditions is Seizure or post-seizure state.
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Posted on October 4th, 2010 by admin
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
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Posted on April 9th, 2010 by admin
From the AUTISM AMBER ALERTS blog ….
nu·m8 (pronounced new-mate) is the world’s first and smallest GPS locator device specifically designed with children in mind. nu·m8 is a watch that conceals GSM and GPS modules that enable you to locate your child, whenever you feel you need to know, via the internet or through your mobile phone (SMS/Text).
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Posted on May 18th, 2009 by admin
GAO report: Special-needs kids abused in schools
Investigators in Utah say a teacher left Garrett Peck in an isolation cubicle for at least two and a half hours.
(CNN) — Congressional auditors have uncovered widespread abuse of techniques use to restrain or discipline special-education students in U.S. schools, with some deaths linked to the practices, a top congressman says.
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Posted on March 24th, 2009 by admin
Spidey saves the day …
BANGKOK (AFP) – A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony, police said Tuesday.
Teachers at a special needs school in Bangkok alerted authorities on Monday when an autistic pupil, scared of attending his first day at school, sat out on the third-floor ledge and refused to come inside, a police sergeant told AFP.
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Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by admin
As a parent of a child with seizures, my heart goes out to John Travolta and family over the death of their son, Jett Travolta. Autism controversy aside, seizure related accidents and death are all too common.
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by admin
If you follow autism news and haven’t been under a rock this week, you probably saw this truly amazing story about a father and 12 year old son with autism who survived 14 hours treading water.
It’s mind blowing how fast this seemed to happen. Reports say they were swimming at “night”, but it’s not clear if it was dark.
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