Autism Education… One Person At A Time.
I remember watching ESPN a couple of years ago and being mesmerized by this amazing story. A professional surfer and his wife starting a surfing “camp” for children with autism. Parents Israel and Danielle Paskowitz saw how surfing had helped their son Isaiah (who has autism) and wanted to share the gift. Parents saw there [...]
Autism Awareness Month. Walks everywhere. People are holding all sorts of awareness events. It’s so remarkable. Many parents remember where the Autism “movement” was 20 or more years ago. I can’t even imagine how lonely and isolating that must have felt. I only remember how our family felt in 2002 upon hearing our oldest son’s [...]
Wow…here we are again. Another “vaccine” court says that thimerosal doesn’t “cause” autism. Has nothing to do with autism. And vaccines are safe.
Hmmm….
Let’s think about this for a minute.
In 1999, thimerosal was taken OUT of all childhood vaccines (except for the flu shot). Safe, huh? Thimerosal is a known neurotoxin (mercury). But, it isn’t the [...]
So many therapies, so little time. There are new types of therapies for autism popping up all over the country. Some seem quite promising. Some…I will politely say, it makes me think of the days of leeches and “magic” tonics.
These people want our money in exchange for “curing” our kids. They especially prey upon the [...]
Every day there’s a new story in the paper, in the news about a child with special needs being bullied on the playground, in the halls of school, etc. Unfortunately, I’ve seen it first hand with my own children. The lack of social skills makes children with autism a particularly easy target of bullies. [...]
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