U.S. Appoints Autism Advocates to New Federal Panel From Reuters
Dare we hope it’ll help? I’m thrilled by some of the names on the committee list though — Lyn Redwood (Coalition for Safe Minds) and Lee Grossman (Autism Society of America) are excellent choices. The mention of vaccines causing autism is a good sign, but it’s almost scary to [...]
No, it wasn’t me saying that. I’m not a big happy wait-er, but I don’t yell like that. Okay, not usually at least…
I took my son to the neurologist today. We have a good neuro, but sometimes the wait is a bit long. What can a neuro do for a child with autism? Quite a [...]
I found some great news articles on autism today. Here’s a few favorites that are worth the read:
Clinton Unveils Autism Plan AP article
I don’t know yet who will get my vote come election time, but at least this is more encouraging than Bush’s “yes, I’ll get thimerasol out of vaccines” that turned into “no can [...]
..and he’s still happy! Not one meltdown!
We spent the afternoon at our friends’ home, a huge Thanksgiving dinner where we were the only non-blood-related guests — but family isn’t just those related by blood. These friends are family, and we had a great time. At one point, I told my friend how ds just doesn’t [...]
Got a few minutes to feel sort of riled up?
http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=106720
Read the comments. The article is great, the interview informative…but the comments? Ignorance still abounds. When in doubt, attack. It must be easier to deny, deny, deny and believe the CDC because, well, they’re the CDC, than it is to research and at least listen to [...]
The diagnosis of ODD has been tossed around a bit during the last couple of years, but we aren’t buying it. It’s not a permanent thing…okay, it’s not always that bad. This week though? Oh yes. In fact, the last 4-5 days have been a bad case of ODD: Obstinate Dude Disorder. (Ask me for [...]
In each of my kids’ lives, I’ve had at least one day of ‘11 more years of this?’ Maybe it was 8, maybe it was 4, but there was always a day where a school issue arose and it hit me that there were xx years of school left, and with it, xx years of [...]
