Sojourn Through Parental Types – by Elise

TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2010 Sojourn Through Parental Types The end of the year is always tough for HSB. As I mentioned in earlier posts, he usually decides by the end of April that the year is over. This year has especially been hard for him. Not only did he have tremendous problems in two major

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Neurodiversity Nonsense – parents view by Elise Butowsky

Gaming the System In continuation of my last post, I talked to hubby about the fact that HSB was gaming the system and that he had accused the administration of his school of being biased against persons with aspergers syndrome. I thought that they had always treated HSB fairly and were willing to help him,

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Educating your autistic child

Educating Your Autistic Child One of the major issues facing a parent of an autistic child is what type of schooling should the child have. We know that there are many models: inclusion, self-contained, homeschool and within each model there are variations. So how do you pick which one is best for your child? Honestly,

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Snarky Ignorance and Autism Awareness

When collegeman was four and obsessed with dinosaurs, the Museum of Natural History opened its doors for its new dinosaur exhibit. I can’t tell you how excited that child was. We stood outside the huge iron doors to the museum on opening day and collegeman actually helped push the doors open. He loved that exhibit

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The Police and Aspies: No Answer

Police and Aspies: No Answer So here’s a subject I had never really thought about in great detail. I was on twitter and came across an issue tweeted bySharon daVanport (blog-talk radio, twitter, facebook) a director of the Autism Women’s Network (AWN). Someone in the forum had been harassed by the police for no reason.

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