Hi Folks, I am starting an exercise program called Body For Life, I put a site up on info for the diet, I have partnered with Autism Speaks so any useful information I provide about this diet hopefully people will donate. http://www.workingforacure.com I set this site up soley for the purpose of people getting good info and donating for Autism. Thanks Pat Clark
Um, if you want people to get good information about autism, why are you >partnering with Autism Speaks?
This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask. Is there any organization in the US that advocates acceptance of autistic people and reasonable treatment of autistic children? Is there any non-profit organization that you would recommend as a source of info to parents with newly diagnosed kids?
"Pat" <guinnes0@yahoo.com> wrote in news:1152729890.776666.251210 @b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Hi Folks,> I am starting an exercise program called Body For Life, I put a site up> on info for the diet, I have partnered with Autism Speaks so any useful> information I provide about this diet hopefully people will donate.> http://www.workingforacure.com> I set this site up soley for the purpose of people getting good info> and donating for Autism. Thanks> Pat Clark
Basically, you want us to help sponsor you. You lose weight and donate to Autism Speaks.
Well, no thanks. I'm not looking for a cure. I'm looking for a way to get people to accept and value auties as they are.
Chak
-- Ten decimal places of pi are sufficient to give the circumference of the earth to a fraction of an inch, and thirty decimal places would give the circumference of the visible universe to a quantity imperceptible to the most powerful microscope. --Simon Newcombe
Pat wrote:> I have been thinking about the posts in this group all week. Again I> apologize for posting the way I did. I am very happy that I did post> in here and I am happy I got the feed back. I am looking at Autism in> a totally different way now thanks to the replies.
I am glad you have rethought things.
So what is the answer, does any of this stuff help at all? Is ABA bad?
Would> something like sign language be better (for communication) ? I don't> want to just walk away from this group, because the reason I posted> in the first place is to help.> Thanks,> Some things do help I think. I don't think ABA is necessarily bad it is just how it is done most times. Often people insist it needs to be done 40 hours a week which on top of school and other therapies makes for a horrific "work" schedule for very young children. It is also often used to simply eliminate autistic behaviour without giving any thought to the functionaliy of that behaviour.
What works for communication also vaires. Some do find signs useful and others use PECS. Others like me take speech therapy. Like anything in autism there is huge variation in what will be helpful.
the problem is that autism is a "spectrum". I think people look for the "answer" when there needs to be a spetcrum of answers. I guess a critical element is helping the autistic to cope instead training the autistic to be acceptable
did you say what started your interest in autism?
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Being *able* to do something does not automatically imply that it is easy or undemanding." - Terry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Gareeth" <gareethnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GgQug.141413$771.44601@edtnps89...> Pat wrote:> > I have been thinking about the posts in this group all week. Again I> > apologize for posting the way I did. I am very happy that I did post> > in here and I am happy I got the feed back. I am looking at Autism in> > a totally different way now thanks to the replies.>
I am glad you have rethought things.>
So what is the answer, does any of this stuff help at all? Is ABA bad?> Would> > something like sign language be better (for communication) ? I don't> > want to just walk away from this group, because the reason I posted> > in the first place is to help.> > Thanks,> >
Some things do help I think. I don't think ABA is necessarily bad it is
just> how it is done most times. Often people insist it needs to be done 40 hours> a week which on top of school and other therapies makes for a horrific> "work" schedule for very young children. It is also often used to simply> eliminate autistic behaviour without giving any thought to the functionaliy> of that behaviour.>
What works for communication also vaires. Some do find signs useful and> others use PECS. Others like me take speech therapy. Like anything in
autism> there is huge variation in what will be helpful.>
Baba Yaga Boney Legs 10 August 2006 10:43:07 [ permanent link ]
"Pat" <guinnes0@yahoo.com> wrote, in alt.support.autism:
I have been thinking about the posts in this group all week. Again I>apologize for posting the way I did. I am very happy that I did post>in here and I am happy I got the feed back. I am looking at Autism in>a totally different way now thanks to the replies. Maybe the majority
Thanks. 8-)
Baba Yaga (it took me that long to come up with a one word answer - !) -- The really dangerous people believe that they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous. - Neil Gaiman
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