tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post2545017127450576940..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: When You Have An Autistic ChildAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-70616902206081174152009-04-14T16:15:00.000-03:002009-04-14T16:15:00.000-03:00Great post! I work with an health care video websi...Great post! I work with an health care video website, called icyou. I thought you may enjoy this woman's video about her son's journey and life with autism. <br /><br />http://www.icyou.com/topics/diseases-conditions/autism/life-autism-my-sons-journey-my-hardest-fight+Tori Josephhttp://www.icyou.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-6376937766124074502009-04-10T17:20:00.000-03:002009-04-10T17:20:00.000-03:00I've decided to do my senior study on art, poetry ...I've decided to do my senior study on art, poetry and people with severe disabilities. I plan to visit with severe disabled people at an intuition in my town and get to know them well. I am then going to create abstract cubist paintings based on these individuals to raise awareness for people with severe disabilities who need intensive care.<BR/><BR/>In the most basic sense, through my abstract/cubist paintings I will be attempting to capture the "soul" of the individuals so that others will hopefully begin to realize that these individuals need intensive treatment.<BR/><BR/>I will be a volunteer at the Special Olympics hosted on the grounds of the institution (and apparently such places are horrible, horrible enough to host a Special Olympics and cook-out for their patients!) and begin from there. Hopefully, I will be able to get to know the patients and institution better if I will be allowed repeated visits.<BR/><BR/>My project(s) will hopefully raise awareness about Reality. I also hope to help parents realize that Facilitated Communication is a complete psuedoscientific scam. <BR/><BR/>It's time we love severely disabled people for who they are, not who we want them to be.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540927559726674184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-21070775877986138122009-04-09T21:27:00.000-03:002009-04-09T21:27:00.000-03:00I must have been in a hurry this morning. I meant ...I must have been in a hurry this morning. I meant to write that "At a recent significant surprise birthday for me...." <BR/><BR/>And "He and his wife have been on a waiting list (nearly four years now) for supervised independent living housing.Sandyhttp://www.crux-of-the-matter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-84618117916047609792009-04-09T10:16:00.000-03:002009-04-09T10:16:00.000-03:00www.rocktheboatforautism.orgWe also have a faceboo...www.rocktheboatforautism.org<BR/><BR/>We also have a facebook group... check us out! Rock the boat for Autism.<BR/><BR/>6 guys will be rowing in 3 Van Duyne row boats from Florida to New Jersey.... a total of 1500 miles to raise money for Autism Society of America!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-12562598384851158402009-04-09T09:26:00.000-03:002009-04-09T09:26:00.000-03:00Exactly Harold, exactly. It's a combination of lov...Exactly Harold, exactly. It's a combination of love, stress and worry 24/7. There is no relief. It is always there. My son is 43 and has come a long way but he is still autistic. At a recent "significant" surprise birthday party, all was well until the flashes started going on the cameras. Some thought his reaction funny. When in fact, he finds the light painful. <BR/><BR/>He and his wife are still (nearly four years now) for supervised independent living housing. I worry, like all parents in this situation, what he/they will do when we are no longer here.<BR/><BR/>Having a child with autism, while the problems change with age, is a lifelong and beyond responsibility. <BR/><BR/>These "positive" programs are not only unrealistic, they label the rest of us as the fanatics.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to this and other blogs, that vision is changing.Sandyhttp://www.crux-of-the-matter.comnoreply@blogger.com