Title: World Autism Day
Description: April is Autism Awareness Month
Description: April is Autism Awareness Month
Mairead Keegan - April 2, 2008 06:14 PM (GMT)
So some of you have heard me mention my nephew before.
My 6 year old nephew, whom I am very close to and who has been a major part of my life since I was 12, is autistic. It's one of the major reasons why I've focused my learnings more towards special needs kids. There has been a lot of media attention on Autism this past year and especially recently with the court case against the CDC. However, I feel like, even with the increasing amount of attention, people still aren't quite sure what exactly Autism is.
Granted, it's a pretty wide spectrum and hard to explain, but when someone says Autism and all you can think of are movies like "Rainman", and "Mercury Rising", you've got a pretty limited basis of knowledge. (Not every autistic child is a savant.)
In the spirit of World Autism Day and Autism Awareness Month, I wanted to post this with some links to general informative sites as well as offer my own limited knowledge on the subject for anyone who actually wanted to ask questions and learn about what Autism is.
http://www.cnn.com/ - CNN is running a lot of coverage on autism related topics and stories.
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer - The Autism Society of America is very informative. Some of the language can get a little technical, but they are a great resource.
http://www.defeatautismnow.com/ - this is a network of physicians that travel doing conferences about the biomedical treatment of Autism. They believe in things like the Gluten and Casin free diet and are big supporters in the theory that vaccines are sometimes the root cause.
http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/ - This is a forum dedicated to people on the spectrum who appose the idea that Autism and Asperger's syndrome are always disabilities.
My 6 year old nephew, whom I am very close to and who has been a major part of my life since I was 12, is autistic. It's one of the major reasons why I've focused my learnings more towards special needs kids. There has been a lot of media attention on Autism this past year and especially recently with the court case against the CDC. However, I feel like, even with the increasing amount of attention, people still aren't quite sure what exactly Autism is.
Granted, it's a pretty wide spectrum and hard to explain, but when someone says Autism and all you can think of are movies like "Rainman", and "Mercury Rising", you've got a pretty limited basis of knowledge. (Not every autistic child is a savant.)
In the spirit of World Autism Day and Autism Awareness Month, I wanted to post this with some links to general informative sites as well as offer my own limited knowledge on the subject for anyone who actually wanted to ask questions and learn about what Autism is.
http://www.cnn.com/ - CNN is running a lot of coverage on autism related topics and stories.
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer - The Autism Society of America is very informative. Some of the language can get a little technical, but they are a great resource.
http://www.defeatautismnow.com/ - this is a network of physicians that travel doing conferences about the biomedical treatment of Autism. They believe in things like the Gluten and Casin free diet and are big supporters in the theory that vaccines are sometimes the root cause.
http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/ - This is a forum dedicated to people on the spectrum who appose the idea that Autism and Asperger's syndrome are always disabilities.
Lord Nicholas Fleetwood - April 2, 2008 06:16 PM (GMT)
DUDE!
I'm a geek. That was me. Forgot to switch accounts. >>;;
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I'm a geek. That was me. Forgot to switch accounts. >>;;
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Kenji
Lord Nicholas Fleetwood - April 14, 2008 02:30 PM (GMT)
As a side note, The Night of too many stars was on Comedy central last night. I think its the second year they've done this? John Stewart hosts it. It's a huge Autism fund raiser and while I'm not to big on some of the humor that was there, it was still pretty funny. I'm sure Comedy Central will air it again.