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You Know You’ve Been a Parent of a Child with Special Needs Too Long When (Part II)…by Lori Miller Fox (1)
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This is the second part of the earlier post to get your new school year off to a humorous start. You choose your child’s medical specialists by whether or not their waiting room has an accessible outlet for your portable DVD player. You get pulled over by a police officer and automatically pull out your insurance card. You volunteer to give blood, not because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s the only ...
The Power of Story on Blogs (10)
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One book that I find myself delving into every six months or so is The Story Factor by Annette Simmonds. She writes about a topic that is close to my heart - the power of storytelling as a way to be influential. One of the points Annette makes early in her book that resonates with me most is that: people don’t need more information - they need ‘faith’ and that stories have the power to ...
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It's what @Ed_Dale has been teaching during the 30 Day Challenge.
On Olmsted and Autism (1)
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When is a Word not just a Word? Have you said it? In a fit of pique? Or frustration? In just normal conversation? Have you referred to your children with the "A Word?" Does it define who they are at that particular moment? Dan Olmsted, over at Age of Autism has been ruffling feathers because he believes we need to abolish the use of the word, "autistic." He is on the right track. I have ...
Choices with Lifechanging Effects (1)
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Choices.We all have them. Every day. We may have a different one each second. How do we make the choices we make? What motivates us?Do I eat the cookie my mom just baked...What do I make for the meals today...Should I take meat out of the freezer for tomorrow and if so, what...When to clean what...Which laundry to do first...What bath soap do I want to use...Do I shave my legs today...What clothes am I ...
An Amazing Little Boy (1)
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When my son was young, it seemed as if autism was a monster controlling him. It was a scary time, to say the least. We were not given a great prognosis about his future, at best, his potential was unknown. Then, I noticed he became intrigued by butterflies, literally dancing with glee as he watched them. I remember once, him crawling inside a net basket, and as he came out he "flew" around the room. ...
Only ONE "R-Word" Allowed (1)
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I am offended.Offended for precious lives that will be hurt by this horrible movie "Tropic Thunder" recently released.My sincere prayer is that the movie flops, the studio looses money, and perhaps the message is heard that this kind of behavior that is not acceptable on the playground, is not acceptable on the screen either.I have taken the music off my blog to allow you to watch the following video. Please take a moment to do ...
I Never Laughed So Hard In All My Life (1)
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100 Most Common Words (1)
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Photo by nicasaurusrex Can you name the 100 most commonly used words in the English language in five minutes? I found this link over at Figments of a Mom and was instantly sucked into the random fun. I (sadly) scored 47. I even tried doing it over again (many times) and briefly improved my score slightly, only to have it actually DECREASE on subsequent tries. Maybe because of how late it is? Maybe because my ...
Empathy and Autism (1)
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It is often said that people with autism lack empathy, but I think that is not necessarily always the case. I think it's not always recognized becomes sometimes the way they express it may be a little out of the ordinary. And yes, sometimes I think a lack of understanding of nonverbal cues can lead a person with autism to not always recognize when someone is upset (therefore they may not respond with empathy, not ...
Speech Does Not Equal Communication (1)
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The last few days, we’re noticing more and more situations where ds is unwilling to listen to the reason, any reason. We try to tell him something brief and clear, such as “You need to get into the bath now” (after his 10-minute warning) and he blows up, yelling, spinning into a full-blown meltdown, ending with him quietly sobbing, telling us he only wanted a minor deviation in the plan but he didn’t communicate it ...
How to Have a GFCF School Year - Part II: Art Class (1)
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This is Part II of a three part series on how your child can have a successful GFCF experience at school. Please click for other posts in this series: Part I, Part III In Part I of this series, I talked about the importance of providing your own lunches and snacks for your child, with some examples of what we provide. In this installment, I want to talk about another common place where the GFCF ...
How to Have a GFCF School Year - Part I: BYOF (Bring Your Own Food) (1)
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This is Part I of a three part series on how your child can have a successful GFCF experience at school. Please click for other posts in this series: Part II, Part III The 2008 - 2009 school year is rapidly approaching (or in some cases, it has already begun). For those of us with children on the GFCF diet, this can present many challenges. So today I am beginning a 3-part series on how ...
How to have a GFCF School Year - Part III: Communications (1)
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This is Part III of a three part series looking at how your children can have a successful GFCF experience at school. Please click for other posts in this series: Part I, Part II.This is the third and final installment of my series on the GFCF experience at school. I have previously talked about providing your own food (Part I) and which common school art supplies are GFCF (Part II). I conclude this series today ...
What matters.. (1)
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There are many myths and theories surrounding autism.Autism has been around longer that it has had a name and much longer than many of the theories below were even invented.Here's a light hearted collection of some of the theories that are around.Did I shampoo our dog?!Or was I specially chosen by god?When pregnant was I stressed?Or did the devil my son possess.?!Is C the next stage of evolution?In the air was there pollution?Did I conceive ...
The "R" word revisted... (may be offensive to some) (1)
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For those of you who know me well, you know about my utter disdain for the "r" word (you can even read about it here in a post from over three years ago). My good college friend Kristi, who has a beautiful daughter (Kyla) with Down Syndrome, has alerted me to the fact that the "r" word is going to be making a dreaded comeback because of a new movie that is coming out. I ...
Brushing Tips for PreSchoolers (1)
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Getting preschoolers to brush their teeth is easier said than done. To get your child to brush longer than the eight seconds she usually does, name all the foods that she ate that day (or the previous day in the case of early morning), and ask her to remove each of these from her teeth. You’ll get a few extra precious brushing moments out of her. If the two of you brush together, see how ...
PS on the "Stop the R-word" Campaign (1)
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While not everyone may agree on a boycott of "tropic thunder" (I wouldn't want to see it anyway....), I think that anyone can agree on the need to stop using the word "retard" outside of its medical usage. The following clip, from Arc of Virginia and the Arc of Northern Virginia, plus Blueberry Shoes Productions is very nice. Enjoy!
http://slurpinglife.typepad.com/slurping_life/2008/08/once-upon-a-t-2.html (2)
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Once upon a time there was a retard... Is that phrase acceptable to you? How about... Once upon a time there was a nigger...or Once upon a time there was a spic...or Once upon a time there was a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Art of Writing Catchy Articles: 11 Simple Tips (18)
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This is a guest article by Rajat Bhadani. 1. Content is Important: If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them - George Orwell It’s like good storytelling – your writing needs to guide your audience into what you want them to think/perceive or they will create a picture on their own which might not be necessarily what you originally wanted. 2. ...
