July 2013 - The Joy of Autism - The Network of Care

My Comment on CBC Synesthesia Story

Neuroscientist Dr. Tom Schweizer, here in Toronto, discuss synesthesia in a stroke patient with CBC’s Michael Serapio. It’s a cool story, but one that alerted me to the ways in which the neuroscientist and reported began to frame the phenomenon...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 5:58 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Synesthesia

Communication as a Human Right

Every morning since returning from The Communication Institute in Syracuse, Adam has been typing. I’ve realized that he actually doesn’t need the levels of support that I thought he did, when given the right equipment at the right angles,...

Published Wed, Jul 24 2013 11:56 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: communication, Aides and Assistants

Intelligence Redefined

Yep, yep…that’s how I felt reading a review of Scott Barry Kaufman’s book Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined. Dr. Kaufman, a cognitive psychologist from New York University claims that he was dismayed by IQism: “I would look into...

Published Sat, Jul 20 2013 8:37 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: communication, Intelligence

“We Are A Critical Mass of Wretches” – Larry Bissonnette

I am blissfully tired after our second day at the Communication Institute in Syracuse. This is Adam’s first autism conference and all that stuff that was happening beforehand has abated. He is happy here and spending time in a workshop in the mornings...

Published Tue, Jul 16 2013 3:03 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Uncategorized, Development, Writing, Acceptance, Joy, communication, Inspiration, Computing/iPad

What Adam Said This Morning

Adam and I sat on the stoop as usual this morning for his bus to camp. Yesterday, Adam was content and happy and then his assistants reported another sudden biting incident, to which Adam didn’t seem to remember. It lasted but a few moments, then...

Published Thu, Jul 11 2013 6:56 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Acceptance, communication, Sensory Differences, Movement Disturbance, ABA

Loving Lamposts, Autism, and Remembering What’s Important

In 2007, I went to Edmonton to speak at Autcom. I happen to be presenting again at Autcom in Colorado this year about how to support autistic rights as parents, teachers, therapists and caregivers. At that conference, I was interviewed for the movie Loving...

Published Tue, Jul 09 2013 10:19 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance, autism, Inspiration

Scary Rain

Adam started camp and he has become content again, as I’d hoped.I’m tired around here after another flood in Toronto. Loud thunder and lightening struck just at the moment Adam’s bus came to the house. More than a month of rain dumped...

Published Tue, Jul 09 2013 6:14 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Estee

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