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Today is World Autism Day!!
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Cynthia | Report | 3 Apr 2013 20:47 |
That's brilliant Maggie and that teacher is to be commended. Thank you for sharing that story. :-) |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Apr 2013 20:44 |
I worked in a school with 2 boys (in different classes) with Aspergers/Autism. |
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Kim Annette | Report | 3 Apr 2013 20:28 |
my nephew is autistic... very high functioning.. and i love him dearly......... |
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Cynthia | Report | 3 Apr 2013 08:23 |
Valid points indeed Maggie and Sylvia and such folk are known as The Forgotten Generation. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 3 Apr 2013 01:07 |
maggie ........ |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Apr 2013 00:03 |
Sylvia, there are a lot of undiagnosed people on the Autism spectrum now in care homes. At work, we are trying to find ways to make their (and the care workers) lives easier. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 2 Apr 2013 22:46 |
yes |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 2 Apr 2013 22:01 |
Thank you, Cynthia, for this |
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Cynthia | Report | 2 Apr 2013 21:33 |
Well Rollo, my daughter for one, is not at all distressed by Autism Day. In fact, she has gone overboard in trying to promote it. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 2 Apr 2013 21:22 |
There are degrees of autism, it is not always a bad thing. |
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Cynthia | Report | 2 Apr 2013 20:14 |
My daughter has high functioning Asperger's and was only diagnosed at the age of 32. |
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Treehunter | Report | 2 Apr 2013 16:14 |
My grand daughter has autism and alot of other problems to like ADHA OCD sensory. My daughter has been trying since she was 2 and half to get help and we are just started to get it and grand daughter is now 7 this month. |
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Andrew | Report | 2 Apr 2013 14:58 |
We look after our son because he is just that, our son. If we didn't then he would have to be taken in to care, a residential home. We don't want that to happen until it absolutely has to, when we can no longer look after him, so he stays at home with us. It means one person always has to be in the house with him, so severely restricts what we can do together. Respite helps, but its only a few days a year. We can't take him on holiday because that's out of his routine and he hates it, so no none gets a holiday. But he is still our son. |
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KittytheLearnerCook | Report | 2 Apr 2013 14:14 |
I work with autistic children and they can wear me out through a schoolday. |
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Dawnieher3headaches | Report | 2 Apr 2013 14:08 |
Andrew wasnt till we were helped with the DLA form for laddo realised how much we do without realising it, not looking forward to filling out more forms for him when it changes over. Became more apparent when he turned 16 and they had to come and see him to see if he wanted his money or have us manage it for him if we had let him have it he would of used it to buy pop and chocolate and computer games, he really doesnt have a clue . |
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Andrew | Report | 2 Apr 2013 13:51 |
I have a 23 year old son at the severe end of the autistic spectrum. We are cureently going through the ESA process for him (He will never be able to work or live independently). Its not until you write everything about him down that you realise how much effort is required to keep him safe and well. |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 2 Apr 2013 13:46 |
I agree with what everyone says. |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 2 Apr 2013 12:32 |
Thank you Cynthia....:) |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 2 Apr 2013 11:14 |
Bumping up before it disappears off page one. |
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SueMaid | Report | 2 Apr 2013 09:41 |
Cynthia - by bringing this into people's minds it will hopefully make people think twice before making rude comments when a child who is "old enough to know better" appears to behaving badly in shopping centres or can't cope with a large gathering because there are too many people and they can't handle the noise. Young people who are happier sitting on a computer than playing team sports and find the classroom a nightmare. Thank you <3 |