December 2009 - Autism Blogger - The Network of Care

Autism-Friend Or Foe

To express autism in terms of being good or bad, expresses a value judgement that few, if any of us, are qualified to make. This world would be a far inferior place were it not for contributions made by those with autism. Examples include Albert Einstein...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 2:00 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Care

Why we should have to start blogging

With growing of the internet popularity people are going more interested for work from home , internet is one source where we can use our creativity to build our business, we can fully concentrate in our work within our own comfortable environment. People...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2009 3:57 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Other Stuff

JUST CHECKING IN

Im a long time member but it's been awhile. Todd congrats on the new baby honey. See you on Facebook. I'll check in here every so often. It just gets to be a little too much sometimes. I'm really stressed out. Welcome to all the newbies. This...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 8:15 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

The Cost of Autism

I apologize if my title is misleading. Today, I'm not talking about what autism costs all of us in general. I know the costs associated with evaluations and interventions can be staggering. Today, I am going to drill down and be a bit more specific...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 1:33 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Help

Autism and Asperger’s and Hearing What You are Saying: Tips for Teachers, Bosses, Parents and Spouses

See the CNN video that inspired this post. "When you hear a sound, your brain responds. When the child with autism hears a sound, their brain responds too, but a little bit later. What we're seeing is a...split-second delay in recognizing that...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 5:36 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Education

love you

My 21 one month old son was just given a provisional autism diagnosis. He makes sounds but is unable to speak any real words. I am ashamed to say I am feeling like nobody else understands what our life is like. Our son can not say mamma, dadda or love...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 7:41 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Let Us Pray

The Catholic Review of the Archdiocese of Baltimore has run an interesting story on how the church is beginning to deal with parishioner families living with autism . (I tried to show the story to Alex, but he just kept running to the TV to watch “Elmo...

Published Thu, Dec 17 2009 9:19 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

The Voice of Autism

Hi All. I am new to this blog and I am from Australia.My son is 5 and was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism 9 mths ago. He was diagnosed with Epilepsy when he was just 18 mths old. The epilepsy was easier to deal with than the Autism diagnosis. I...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 2:09 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

The four marks of a great autistic software engineer

On slashdot today, there was an article about why programmers are often not paid what they are worth , along with this comment about Larry Wall's Virtues of a Programmer . It struck me this might be instructive for parents of autistics, so here's...

Published Wed, Dec 23 2009 3:50 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Ideas

The Puzzling Piece, Great Gift, It's a fundraiser, It's Not Just Art, It's A Statement

Did you know that Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability? It’s true. More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined ! The numbers are startling! 1 in 91 children have Autism. 1 in 58 boys...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 7:23 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Other Stuff

You know more than doctors

I, and half the town knew my son had Autism 2 years before the doctor wrote it down. Obviously, your childs doctor is the ruler of decision. I could not get help for my son til the doctor wrote it down, but now it causes conflicts with other parties....

Published Tue, Dec 29 2009 9:56 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism News

One of the Many confusing behaviors

I am new today to this site. I have a nine year old son with many issues. But today I thought I would ask about just one. Nobody on the many sites I have looked at has talked about this one so I was just curious if anyone has come across this. My son...

Published Tue, Dec 01 2009 3:44 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Academics

Today will be the start of Nick going to the Oxford Learning Centre in our local city. He is struggling with math. For the last two years this has shown. Yesterday I had a brief visit at his school and to my surprise the teacher thought that math was...

Published Thu, Dec 03 2009 12:22 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Other Stuff

Roll On

Sitting at the dinnertable, I hear a strange noise from the bathroom and suddenly realize that Alex has been in there for almost the whole time it's taken me to eat half my slice of salmon loaf. "Alex, what are you doing in there?" He's...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2009 7:32 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Testing Limits

Was I in for it today! My 13 year old son, told me I talked too much and he wanted to run away. I weathered the storm and told him I loved him.we're buddies again. Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 7:57 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Care

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Autism-Friend Or Foe

Why we should have to start blogging

JUST CHECKING IN

The Cost of Autism

Autism and Asperger’s and Hearing What You are Saying: Tips for Teachers, Bosses, Parents and Spouses

love you

Let Us Pray

The Voice of Autism

The four marks of a great autistic software engineer

The Puzzling Piece, Great Gift, It's a fundraiser, It's Not Just Art, It's A Statement

You know more than doctors

One of the Many confusing behaviors

Academics

Roll On

Testing Limits