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by KevinLivsDad on 09.25.08 - public

This is a short little blog my bro wrote on myspace & his observations. I thought it applied to this forum.

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This is a short little blog my bro wrote on myspace & his observations.  I thought it applied to this forum.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Little drummer boy..

I was very annoyed starting early this summer because apparently a kid of my neighbors decided to take up the drums.  The drums were very loud and started thumping at odd and inconvenient hours.  As said, I was annoyed and figured it was probably just a phase, like when I tried to learn the guitar.  I actually heard one of my other neighbors try to combat the noise with a juvenile attempt of out-sounding the drums with a morning talk show. Clearly not a good tactic, twice as much noise was created.

So coming back from traveling and being on sabbatical I was surprised to still hear the drums. I figured the phase would have passed by now.

Then one early morning I heard the drumming again.  This time it was different or maybe I just listened a little closer.  It wasn't just drumming but also humming and a bit of screeching.  The little drummer neighbor is autistic.  I knew this instantly. The drums are therapy. After weeks of hearing him not getting better at percussion but instead repeating the same thumps... I understood.

So yet another lesson has been learned.  If a kid is drumming.. it's not always noise.

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Great Real Story in the news today

by KevinLivsDad on 09.10.08 - public

I loved this story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/10/rescue.at.sea/index.html

To infinity and beyond: A sparkling survival story
Story Highlig...

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I loved this story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/10/rescue.at.sea/index.html

To infinity and beyond: A sparkling survival story
Story Highlights:
-  Father says son's autism, love of water may have helped save his life

-  Father, son used Disney lines as call and response as rip current tore them apart

-  Pair was separated after four hours and survived by themselves for eight hours more

-  Dad believed son had died, was elated to see him rescued, touch his hand

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By Mallory Simon
CNN

(CNN) -- Walter Marino shouted to his 12-year-old son, Christopher, as he drifted farther away in the Atlantic Ocean.

"To infinity," the father yelled.

"And beyond," Christopher replied.

After a rip current swept the boy and his father out to sea Saturday, darkness fell, and the sound of rescue helicopters and boats grew faint until they were nonexistent.

Despite the danger, Christopher, who has autism, was enjoying himself, his father said. The boy lacks a fear of death because of his autism and finds comfort in the water, Marino told CNN.

Marino finds comfort in his son. Their unique circumstances helped keep them alive for more than 12 hours in the open ocean, Marino said.

"With many kids with autism, the thing that is so dangerous is that they have no concept of fear or fear of death," Marino said. "In this case, though, it perhaps saved him -- that and the fact that water is one of his favorite things. Whenever he goes missing or tries to run away, we can always find him near water ... even at the mall if it is just near a fountain." See a map of where the father and son were rescued »

Christopher was laughing as the father and son were pulled farther and farther from Ponce Inlet, Florida. As the pair lunged for buoys -- and missed -- Christopher couldn't help but giggle. It was this spirit that helped ground Marino, the father said.

"It was a big entertainment roller coaster for him, that's what got me through it -- because he wasn't freaking out," said Marino, 46.

But after four hours at sea without a life vest, and after it became obvious that rescue operations had ceased for the night, jellyfish began to sting the pair. That began to "freak Christopher out," his father said.

While Christopher is almost nonverbal in his communication, he and his father use catch phases from Disney movies, which the boy loves, to communicate.

After four hours, the currents picked up, and Christopher began to drift from his father's reach. Because of the darkness, they couldn't see each other. So Marino shouted out part of a phrase to his son. Watch the Marino family talk about the ordeal with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta »

"To infinity," Marino shouted, referencing one of Christopher's favorite lines from the movie "Toy Story."

"And beyond," Christopher shouted back, pumping his fist in the air like movie character Buzz Lightyear.

The call and response went on for a while, with Marino choosing different phrases and Christopher yelling back. But over the course of an hour, Christopher's voice faded until his father couldn't hear him anymore.

"That's when I resigned myself to the fact that he was gone," Marino told CNN, saying he believed his son had been pulled under the water. At the time, Marino said, he thought about giving up, until he thought of his daughter Angela. She had just registered for ballroom dance classes, and he told himself over and over he would live to see her dance.

"I just kept thinking about her and how I was not going to leave her without a brother and her father in the same day -- not on my watch," he told CNN. "It was the visual of her that kept me going."

Marino used other tricks to keep his mind focused in the 81-degree water. He remembered going to the Ponce Inlet museum, which highlighted a lighthouse. He then set out to use the lighthouse as a guide for himself, so he would know how far he was from shore.

He alternated doing the "doggie paddle" and floating on his back with his ears in the water, the way his son loved to.

He would float on his back and watch the bright stars. He wished on four shooting stars that flew by and used constellations in the sky to know what direction to go if he drifted away.

Under the stars and in the dark Atlantic, he turned to his spirituality, realizing his life was in God's hands. A religious medal rested on his chest.

As morning turned, Marino tried to stay alert for sounds that might mean help was near.

Hearing a boat motor, he waved frantically.

Soon, a group of fishermen pulled him aboard their boat. A flash of light from the medallion had caught the eye of one of the anglers, who shouted at his brother at the helm to stop the boat, one of Marino's rescuers told him.

The first thing Marino asked was if the men had heard anything about his son, but they hadn't.

Marino began to grieve. It had been nearly eight hours since he had last seen his son, and he believed he was gone for good. He wept.

When the U.S. Coast Guard arrived, Marino asked them, too, about Christopher, but they said they had not found him. The Coast Guard crew asked if he wanted to go to the hospital, but he decided to stay on the boat so the search for Christopher wouldn't be disrupted.

But Marino chose not to watch the water as the search went on.

"I chose to be down below, because I didn't want to see them pull up on Christopher being face-down in the water," he said.

So the Coast Guard vessel steamed on. After more than an hour, the boat went full throttle, jolting Marino backward in his space below deck. Suddenly, the boat was idling, and Marino was asked to come topside.

"That was my personal green mile," Marino told CNN, a reference to what some people call the walk on death row from the cell to the execution chamber.

"I took three steps up the green mile to the back of the deck, and they pointed to the helicopter and they said, 'You see that helicopter? It has your son on it, and he is fine,' " Marino recalled a crew member saying.

Marino was so excited he began "kissing all the Coast Guard guys." Watch Walter Marino thank the Coast Guard »

The father and son were reunited at the emergency room at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where they were treated for dehydration.

"We were both very weak, tired and thirsty," Marino said. "But I reached out and held his hand and could tell from the same sparkle in his eye that he was going to be fine."

While Christopher can't truly communicate what he felt during those hours alone at sea, his father hopes that one day, he will be able to tell him what he felt alone in the Atlantic.

The one thing Marino knows is that his son still loves the water and that the experience hasn't taken away that special comfort from him.

"It may be a while before we go back to a beach," Marino said. "But he still loves the water. He's already gotten back in a pool."

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Action Needed Please Read

by KevinLivsDad on 09.05.08 - public

Urgent - please make a phone call TODAY to save our kids with autism
To members of The Pilgrims: the journey to a new world for autism
Amanda Copel...

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Urgent - please make a phone call TODAY to save our kids with autism
To members of The Pilgrims: the journey to a new world for autism
 Amanda Copeland

Today at 10:47pm
Reply please call Governor Schwarznegger and URGE a passing of the California state budget immediately 916-445-2841. 9/10 all autism funding ceases.
All children with autism in the state of California lose their services (therapy, medical, respite and more)entirely if a state budget is not passed by 9/10. Families will go bankrupt. Jobs will be lost. Kids and babies will languish with no therapy or respite. In addition - hundreds of thousands of the state's poorest residents will lose their MediCal - meaning no medical treatment for the poor again.
Please call today and get anyone you know to call today urging a passing of even an interim budget to avoid this nightmare - which HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA until now.
This call will take 10-15 minutes of your time - talk with an assistant in the governor's office directly- they will answer the phone. It does not matter if you do not live in CA.
Thank you

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Family with disabled kids not allowed to fly Southwest

by KevinLivsDad on 07.07.08 - public

Here is a video to make your own conclusions on: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/07/dnt.family.off.plane.kiro

Southwest airlines has b...

Regressive Autism?

by KevinLivsDad on 07.07.08 - public

This 4th of July I was reminded of how different Liv has become since coming down with autism?

Last year she watched the fireworks with delight & a...

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This 4th of July I was reminded of how different Liv has become since coming down with autism?

Last year she watched the fireworks with delight & amazement.    Calling out the colors & asking to see another spider one...     This year we had to retreat to the car as Liv was screaming in terror due to the noise & whatever else Autism stole from her.   She was climbing up my back and fraying about as we walked to the car.   With the windows up & trapped in traffic there was no enjoying the fireworks this year.   It was as if we where torturing her.  So different than just a year ago.

Growing up did you ever hear of children suddenly loosing capabilities & morphing into totally different people.   I never heard of that & I am sure if it had happened in my community we would of heard of the horror.   Because it would have been perceived as just that, a horror.   I asked my mom...  Had this phenomena ever happen in your generation or do you remember anything that resembled regressive autism?   She said no....never

So, WTF is going on??  This is the stuff that Robin Cook novels are made of.    I can't think of anything  in real life that exhibits this science fiction horror we ARE EXCEPTING as a society.   This is the stuff that spooky nursery rhymes are made of who's allegories cloaked in children's play remind us of horror.   When is the spooky nursery rhyme about regressive autism going to come out?   When is the the troll that steals our children's souls going to be crushed???

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T-Shirt

by KevinLivsDad on 06.27.08 - public

I created a T-shirt. I do get royalties if you buy. Many sizes, colors & types available. All proceedes go to Liv

Advice, Help, help me

by KevinLivsDad on 06.16.08 - public

All I need your help..
Liv last couple of weeks has had pooping problems. She is on a laxitive that has cleaned her out. This Friday she had a fi...

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by KevinLivsDad on 06.03.08 - public

Hi - You guys have a lot of great information that I have found so helpful. However, when I go back to find them in Foggy Rock it is difficult. ...

Livs MRI

by KevinLivsDad on 05.18.08 - public

So the ever famous MIND institute as part of one of the studies gave Liv a full-on MRI. It was a process trying to keep her asleep, positioned & sc...

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I wonder about Breast Feeding

by KevinLivsDad on 05.14.08 - public

Ever since the 80's breast feeding has been on the rise, so has ASD. People are at the top of the food chain... Even above sharks. We are now supp...

My German Shepherd lost her will

by KevinLivsDad on 05.10.08 - public

So, my kid loves to run in circles. My German Shepherd Mix is bred to chase things & herd. My dog would chase Liv around in circles, head her off...

Makes me wonder

by KevinLivsDad on 05.08.08 - public

Below is an excerpt from a CNN article discussing the Foot & Mouth outbreak in China. What bothers me is the paradox which logically makes no sense...

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Curious what you think

by KevinLivsDad on 05.07.08 - public

I am curious what you guys think of this study. I do not know the credibility or validity of it. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18445737?ordina...

Today's Blessing

by KevinLivsDad on 04.22.08 - public

Today we had Liv's IEP.. I was scared. Liv did not go to bed until 1:30 last night & my anxiety did not let me sleep well anyway.
I have been ...

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Today we had Liv's IEP..   I was scared.   Liv did not go to bed until 1:30 last night & my anxiety did not let me sleep well anyway.   
I have been so nervous about this IEP.   The school system was pushing their school based program.   Which might be great for some kids
but, I knew the program we found for Liv was so much better for her.   We had so many blessings along the way.   We where put in touch with a 
wonderful advocate that helped us navigate this.   We got with one of the best programs which typically had a waitlist of months & months that was a blessing in itself.  And, today I thought the IEP was going south & the district would hold it's position on their program.    Until the last 30 minutes & it all turned around.    Long story short we got what we needed for Liv.  Things finally happened & it all came together as if it where divine intervention.   Even our advocate half way through the meeting passed a note to me saying that she was going to dig in as it was not going well.   Thankfully, we where all quiet at the right time & it turned around.    I really do not know what happened.   And, I don't know what the heck happened off line, but something did. Whatever it was we are thankful.   It was a long and tedious wait with multiple evals & BS along the way.      Liv will get this facet of help that she needs & that is what I am thankful for.   I wish you all the same blessings in whatever you feel is best for your kid.  I thank all those who had a part in this outcome.

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I don't even know

by KevinLivsDad on 04.13.08 - public

I am realizing, as I over hear conversations & kind of nod out of other conversations of NT parents. I have no idea. I don't know what it is like to...

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I am realizing, as I over hear conversations & kind of nod out of other conversations of NT parents.  I have no idea.  I don't know what it is like to have an NT kid.  I only have one child, I only know one way.  I hear my x wife describe what she feels in this situation, I thought she was just dwelling on it.  I actually, took the time today as it was my non-parenting weekend & experienced it.  I now know what she really means.  I have no idea what it is like to be a NT parent.  It made me sad.  I ask my daughter how was school today.  I get a smile, which is what I am thankful for.  I get no reply.  I wonder what she did how she felt.  I have no idea.  I used to know her favorit color was blue, her fav. animal was a bobcat, bird was a blue bird. favorite fruit a mango.  Now I no longer know her favorites.   I assume they are the same but, I have no idea.  I wish I knew.    I wish I knew if she still loved me.   I wish I knew her her favorites have changed.  I just wish I knew, tongiht I am sad & lonely

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DVD

by KevinLivsDad on 04.11.08 - public

Hey I read this article in my local paper. A local ASD mom created these DVD's you can read about it here & it references their website to order. ...

Airline Travel ?'s

by KevinLivsDad on 04.08.08 - public

Do you know if there are special things you can do in working with TSA & the airlines?

For example, going through the security gates with my chil...

Please Review

by KevinLivsDad on 03.30.08 - public

Hi All - Below is a blog I am writing on my companies internal website & posting April 2nd. My company employees about 90K people world wide. P...

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Hi All -   Below is a blog I am writing on my companies internal website & posting April 2nd.   My company employees about 90K people world wide.    Please review it & provide feedback.   I will not be offended by any of your feedback....   Oh yeah, I am really bad at grammer & spelling so you can help me with that too...

For those of you who don’t know this is the first year where April 2nd & the month of April has been declared by the United Nations as Autism Awareness month.    1:150 children in the USA are diagnosed with the neurological disorder.   Boys are even higher in the ratio where I have seen numbers as low as 1:60.  Autism is graded on a spectrum ranging from the more mild scale Aspergers to severe Autism.  Some researchers & even other countries are reporting even higher ratios.   Some will argue that that the increase in children diagnosed with autism is due to the overall better understanding, awareness, & diagnostic attention that have lead to drive up these numbers.   However, when you speak to those in the trenches: teachers, therapists, pediatricians they will admit that in their decades of service they have never seen so many children that are truly impacted by this disorder.  They have seen nothing like it.  I remember when I was growing up I knew of only one autistic child in our community.   Now, I know of six parents who have a child(ren) on the Autistic Spectrum in my two story Folsom Intel building.   You have to ask yourself what the heck is going on with this generation of children.   It can not be denied any longer that something serious is impacting huge numbers of our children.

Autism is 100% in my immediate family.   My little girl less than a month after her third birthday was diagnosed with autism.   Up until that point she was exceeding or was meeting all developmental milestones for her age.   Literally within a month we saw our little girl transform into a whole different person.    This metamorphosis is controversially labeled regressive autism & impacts  a subset of children with autism.   Some children show the tell tale signs very early in development others are impacted just like my daughter.  We watched our little girl who loved to pretend plan, reciprocate communication in 3-5 word sentences, new all her shapes, colors, ABC’s, & numbers to 10 loose all these capabilities.   Her personality drastically changed, her concentration level drastically reduced.   Stimulant & repetition behaviors became ever present.

The causes, treatments, & how it individually impacts each child still remains an enigma.   Some will say it is purely genetics, others will say it is environment & genetics, some will say vaccines, etc. etc.     My personal belief I will keep that mostly to myself, however, I do believe in most cases it is a genetic common predisposition that combined with  environmental catalyst(s). The condition is life long for these children & there is NO cure to date.    Our neurologist loosely told us 33% of the children regress even further,  33% stay the same, & 33% improve.    These children require very special educational & therapeutic services to provide them a shot at a functional life.   These services are becoming choked as the landslide of children hits the community.   Waiting lists for behavior therapies are exceeding 6 to 12 months in our community.   Insurance companies offer very limited coverage to help these children & are adding new caveats to what they will cover each year.   With more children being impacted & fewer services to help these children the problem for all of us is only going to compound.

Below is a link to some of the characteristics that label autism & various resources.    Let me tell you as a parent of a child on the Autistic Spectrum, that this criteria really is just the tip of the iceberg as to how these children are impacted.   Also, I have pasted a link to several video resources that give you a glimpse to better understand.

I HOPE YOU ALL WILL JOIN MY CRUSADE IN SOME WAY TO BATTLE THIS TRUE EPIDEMIC.

Signs of Autism in a child:   http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/autism/DS00348/DSECTION=2

This video although a bit focusing on the negative, it is a glimpse of what parents deal with.   It is a 13 minute video:  http://www.autismspeaks.org/media/d_200603_EveryDay16x9_512k.wmv

This is a link to an orginization that helps promote awareness they also have some videos on their site that may help you understand & identify if your child is having problems:

http://www.autismspeaks.org/index.php?intro=1
Videos:  http://www.autismspeaks.org/video/glossary.php

This link is called Autism University it is simply the google search with the keyword autism:  Sadly, when our child was first diagnosed it was the only resource readily available to help us navigate this scary world.    We litterally where given a diagnosis by a neurlogist & cast out the door crying to figure it all out ourselves.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-24,GGLG:en&q=Autism

This is a great resource to help parents navigate the world of autism. They are a community of parents that help other parents navigate the gautlet & provide the best for their children.
http://www.feat.org/

CNN autism link:  http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/news/autism/

Social Network for those impacted by autism (parents, caregivers, relatives, etc) : 
http://www.foggyrock.com/

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The Force

by KevinLivsDad on 03.27.08 - public

I don't know about you guys & I might be nutzo... But, have you ever experienced the ASD force. It is an odd perception of ASD. For example, som...

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I don't know about you guys & I might be nutzo...  But, have you ever experienced the ASD force.    It is an odd perception of ASD.   For example, some times I feel that an ASD parent is nearby this can be at a park, restaurant, store, whatever.    One time I was at a park with Liv we where swinging on the swings.   A lady with her little girl where playing nearby.   Liv was just smiling & enjoying the swing.    The lady said, "She sure likes to swing" she then tried to talk to Liv & interact.   I told the lady that she is autistic & she loves to swing as she finds it soothing..  She said,  ahh I have an autistic son, he is over there playing with his aide.  This sort of thing has happened to many times.   Several weeks ago I was at a store I felt a compelling need to go several aisles over & I saw a dad & adolescent daughter shopping from afar I could not tell his daughter was ASD'd.   When I got closer I could so tell.   I looked at his daughter & looked at him.   I gave him the warm smile that so many of us ASD parents exchange when we spot each other in the wild.  Over Christmas break I visited one of my parents neighbors who have a 2 y/o boy, all I could notice was the extremely subtle ASD characteristics that his parents where not aware of.

Finally, here is the real spooky thing.   Way before I even had Liv I was very much aware of autism..  I was extremely curious about it.  And, I felt a passion to better understand it.. Mostly, I wanted the enigma to be resolved.   I wanted to understand why it was becoming so common.   I actually googled the heck out of it.   I remember multiple conversations I had had with one of my co-workers who was planning to have a family soon & expressed my concerns with the growing prevalence of autism.   Autism was actually a hugely weird fear I had..  Later, just after we found out about Liv he confessed at how extremely weird it was my interest in autism was so many years before.  I was so thankful every day when Liv was exceeding her milestones.   I was so careful with her.. We ate organically, minimized all chemicals, questioned the docs about vaccinations, etc etc.

I often ponder was it self fulfilling prophecy, is it instinct, is it something subtle in my DNA, or is it something even weirder?   So, my fear became our reality.   Oh well, I put myself on the Xfiles spectrum now..   But, I am curious if others know what I am talking about.

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Positive Experience

by KevinLivsDad on 03.26.08 - public

I would like to share this with you all as it is something I found so encouraging.

Before Liv (caught autism)* in late August of 2007 we had her en...

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I would like to share this with you all as it is something I found so encouraging.

Before Liv (caught autism)* in late August of 2007 we had her enrolled in a regular pre-school program.
We where so excited about the opportunity Liv would get & this seemed like such a great preschool.

About 1 week prior to Liv's first day of school is when the milestone regression happened.   At the time we where
concerned & thought it was acute, due to some environmental changes in Liv's life.   However, we did immediately 
take her to get checked out.    We where very nervous & kept the school out of the loop in our suspicions.  I was afraid
that they would not except Liv or willing or be too scared to work with her.   I was so wrong & glad I was wrong.

About a month into Liv's preschool the director wanted to speak to us.   We knew what it was about...
In a very polite way the director conveyed her concerns about Liv.   That is when we communicated that we where
having Liv thoroughly checked out & awaiting the results & findings.    The tension in the air was immediately cleared. 
I expressed my fear that they would not except Liv, otherwise, I would have told them earlier I apologized for my misjudgment.
They where so cool & so supportive of myself, Liv, & Liv's mom.   It was a relief.

Since that discussion the school has responded in remarkable ways.  All the teachers truly love Liv for who she is.  Their caring commitment & understanding is so genuine.  They make every effort to keep Liv as engaged & looked after as possible & adjust their ways while balancing the
natural desire to over enable Liv.

Even all of the children seem to have a compassion & understanding for Liv.   Many of the little kids have formed a special bond with Liv.   The school
even encourages some of these kids to help with Liv & do a bit of modeling for her.   It really is beautiful to watch.   When I pick up Liv a
couple of the kids always give Liv a little touch on the shoulder & say good bye.   I watch some of the little kids unprompted help Liv when she needs soothed or steer her away from a doorway when hurried parents are passing through it.  Some of them even attempt to land a non-reciprocated 
hug on Liv.   Liv will do her thing and give her hallmark lean in arms to the side hug like gesture.

To top it off we met with the director & owner the other day as we where in a predicament we needed 1 day of coverage for the ABA vendor.  I will be
working 2 day from home & Liv's mom the other two days...   The school had no problem serving as a venue for the other day of ABA we where struggling to accommodate.   So, hats off to the positive environment, compassion, & tolerance this little preschool & its people are promoting.

I thought this was worth writing as it seemed like we have had so much negative resistance lately...   No help from Dr's, insurance Co, & school system feuding.   This is just a positive example of goodness in the ASD world.

* I know that Liv did not catch autism & it is not meant to offend anybody.  I am not ignorant.   It is just easier to say that than Liv had a mysterious regression on Aug 22nd & profoundly exhibited the signs of autism :)

Sorry, I wrote this on my break at work & it was rushed so lots of mispellings & such.

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Video

by KevinLivsDad on 03.25.08 - public

This video is really the closest ones to illustrating to some degree what is like to parent an ASD child. I used this video to communicate to my bos...

ASD Paraphernalia?

by KevinLivsDad on 03.20.08 - public

Does anybody know of a place where I can get autism shirts, bumper stickers, etc? Would love to do it up for ASD April...

Foggy Rock

by KevinLivsDad on 03.19.08 - public

I am curious how successful is Foggy Rock? Anybody know how many logins a day? How many new joins a day? How many members? How many posts a day - ...

Generation Autism

by KevinLivsDad on 03.13.08 - public

I remember a ped. that has been practicing over 20 years. When ever they came across an Autistic Child it was a novelty that they would parade to inte...

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pee pee

by KevinLivsDad on 03.11.08 - public

Liv has finally figured out how to use the potty & is doing it all the time. I don't know what happened but it clicked. Now all of a sudden she wil...

Larry King Tonight

by KevinLivsDad on 03.06.08 - public

Larry King on CNN is having a show on vaccinations & autism: Do childhood vaccinations cause autism? Hear from a child and her parents behind a case ...

Night Willies

by KevinLivsDad on 02.25.08 - public

Aggh, last night was trying. It took forever to get Liv to bed last night. Not to mention at 4a.m. she got up & self talked the rest of the night....

Fish DVD

by KevinLivsDad on 02.23.08 - public

At Linens & Things or maybe it was Bed Bath & Beyond. They have these cheesy DVD's that run continuous footage. One is a fireplace scene the other...

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