tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post7971466402241821859..comments2023-10-30T11:10:59.153-05:00Comments on What are they thinking?: Stay Tuned....Mom26childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218226918121229676noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-20734683873068817782010-03-14T18:57:14.667-05:002010-03-14T18:57:14.667-05:00Bravo! I enjoyed reading your AOL interview. I h...Bravo! I enjoyed reading your AOL interview. I have had an interest in autism since I was in junior high school. I have long believed that children with the condition can be helped and can improve. It takes effort and dedication on the part of the parent(s),but it can be done.<br /><br />You sound like a great mom! Thank you for sharing your story.Paula Farrishttp://www.dementiacaregiving101.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-12026667455630121842010-03-14T14:15:26.599-05:002010-03-14T14:15:26.599-05:00I have a 6yo grandson with autism. 5yo sister has...I have a 6yo grandson with autism. 5yo sister has helped him tremendously. Glad to hear someone else does things the way we did. He is in a regular 1st grade class with a para professional supplied by the school district and a TSS provided by his insurance. He loves math and is learning to read at his grade level. Social skills are his biggest hurtle and we continue to work on them. We started with an early intervention at 18 months and he had speech, OT, PT, play specialist and behavorial specialist. A TSS was added when we put him in a daycare for 2.5 hours a day 2 days a week to get him socialized with other children. He went to a regular preschool at 2. Returned at 3, 4 and 5 years because our school district did not do whole day Kindergarten for him at 5. He needed the socialization with other children. He has accepted changes in schools and having his TSS and BSC replaced the week before kindergarten began. We are hoping he will keep the same TSS and BSC for at least 2 more years.nanny23kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13146976616883472065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-58239078977121127962010-03-07T15:08:10.768-06:002010-03-07T15:08:10.768-06:00I think you are a great inspiration and I hope you...I think you are a great inspiration and I hope you can show me and my daughter SPD/PDD-Nos how to find that balance...away from medication.Isabellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00361202125824317686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-7255550888584466572010-02-03T19:40:56.675-06:002010-02-03T19:40:56.675-06:00Hmmmmmmm... Will you speak your mind? I'm goin...Hmmmmmmm... Will you speak your mind? I'm going to have to really consider that...<br /><br />BTW, you wouldn't even recognize Dylan if you saw him. He's talking up a storm and I just wish he would SHUT UP! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-49879168383100376062010-02-03T19:40:18.729-06:002010-02-03T19:40:18.729-06:00Hmmmmmmm... Will you speak your mind? I'm goin...Hmmmmmmm... Will you speak your mind? I'm going to have to really consider that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-41535579894760934242010-02-03T12:18:58.962-06:002010-02-03T12:18:58.962-06:00Oh, I'm willing to bet you'll be speaking ...Oh, I'm willing to bet you'll be speaking your mind. ;)mommy~dearesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851309941513538983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-17654404350959112692010-02-03T06:55:59.967-06:002010-02-03T06:55:59.967-06:00Positive outlook alone is something you have to of...Positive outlook alone is something you have to offer. Maintaining relative sanity while parenting a large family. A sense of humor. :-) You have a lot to offer to families.<br /><br />It ought to be fairly easy. AoA where bitterness and rage pervade or parents like you where humor and empathy are a constant?Kim Wombleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492455180502821052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-48919153689418829112010-02-03T00:55:14.346-06:002010-02-03T00:55:14.346-06:00Pardon my HTML lapse. I did not preview.
http://l...Pardon my HTML lapse. I did not preview.<br /><br /><a href="http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2010/02/on-the-lancets-retraction-of-wakefields-1998-paper-alleging-a-connection-between-the-mmr-vaccine-and.html" rel="nofollow">http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2010/02/on-the-lancets-retraction-of-wakefields-1998-paper-alleging-a-connection-between-the-mmr-vaccine-and.html</a>.Liz Ditzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455722013211350247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32355297.post-63954417510723949482010-02-03T00:53:58.019-06:002010-02-03T00:53:58.019-06:00I sometimes write a post that collates blog respon...I sometimes write a post that collates blog responses, both positive and negative, to a given issue.<br /><br />I'm keeping one now on responses to the Lancet retraction of the Wakefield's paper.<br /><br />I've added your post to the list.<br /><br />The post is at<br /><br /><a href="http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2010/02/on-the-lancets-retraction-of-wakefields-1998-paper-alleging-a-connection-between-the-mmr-vaccine-and.html>http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2010/02/on-the-lancets-retraction-of-wakefields-1998-paper-alleging-a-connection-between-the-mmr-vaccine-and.html</a>.<br /><br />One of the nifty things about doing this kind of blog round-up is learning how many folks are <br /><br />*fed up with the anti-vaccination drumbeat from, say, Age of Autism<br />*love and adore their kids with autism and don't regard them as a "disaster" or a "catastrophe" (even if said kids are adult, non-verbal, and sometimes even still in diapers)<br />* how far autism awareness and neurodiversity appreciation has come, even from folk who don't have a person with autism in their familyLiz Ditzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455722013211350247noreply@blogger.com