Counselling, engagement and support for children with autism. According to the NHS Information Centre, around 1% of the UK population has been diagnosed with autism. That’s 700,000 people who live with the diagnosis. Autism is a lifelong developmental disorder with no cure but the challenges people experience due to autism can be significantly managed through …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So, you think you’ve “got it tough” with your one or two ASD kids? By Janet Kornblum, USA Today Huntington Beach, Calif. – Ann Belles was only 5 in 1968 when her mother took her to see Oliver, the movie musical about orphan boys based on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. But in that darkened theater, …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hi everyone, Folks, this is a ‘review’ on www.amazon.com about Nobody Nowhere. I hope you’ll visit this link and read it. It is a case of very sour grapes was drawn to my attention by a friend of mine on the spectrum. this is not ‘a review’ this person has posted. I never proclaimed my …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to the psych gurus there are 16 personality types. (see link) http://www.geocities.com/ptypes/type_passions.html I have identified my 6- four of them more ‘autie’ ones I asked chris to do the maths on how many different combinations there would be of this 16 based on equal probability and a plus or minus score for each of …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] if I could use Spock’s transporter I’d go to the South Pole whilst it still exists and cry some futile tears of apology to the dying polar bears who are drowning because of human gluttony. then if I had a time machine I’d go back and see my father and grandparents and Sister Jellie …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We can commit constructive suicide every day We can kill off the call to the adrenaline rush of threatening our own life We can kill off the lust to provoke regret from our enemies We can kill off the enjoyment of endulging in projections of our own self pity of how ‘they’ll all wish I’d …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]”Your Next Patient Has Autism” is a trifold brochure developed for the many health professionals – nurses, physicians, technicians and others – who provide services for children on the autistic spectrum. It is especially designed for those who only occasionally treat this population. Physical assessment, diagnostic imaging, and a variety of other interventions – both …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]BY age 2 it was clear that the boy had a sensibility all his own, affectionate and distant at the same time, often more focused on patterns and objects than the people around him. He was neither naturally social like his mother, nor an early and gifted reader like his father. Quirky, curious, exuberant, he …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With no look of apology or shame, I make my way to what others perceive as the front of the queue and wonder at the intolerance of those who grumble at me. Without the slightest embarrassment I talk over customers speaking with the cashier and ask for directions to what I’m looking for and when …
You don’t look very autistic – the case for autistic empathy Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Article By: Maria Spencer Article Date: 08/30/2010You are not alone– These words may have several meanings depending on where you happen to be in the process of accepting your child’s diagnosis. If you have recently learned the facts regarding your child’s condition, I’m sure you feel like the only parent in the world that …
