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Delicious Chocolate Roses can be ordered at Simply Gourmet Fundraising Caren Dawkins countless hours working with parent and teachers organizations has long helped sweeten the lives of families in her community. She made attending PTA meetings a priority. As a concerned mother who raised a special needs child, she knows all too well about the need to have financially viable children’s

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...in a BIG WAY!!Of course you love and want to help your child or whomever it may be in your life that has autism. That said, here is a link that will change you and that persons life 'forever', if you let it.Below is a link to a "new" video by Son-Rise, but for some of you it will be a new way of approach to addressing autism. Click on the link below, and open yourselves up to healing and to a

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Some children with autism display traits and characteristics similar to persons challenged with ADHD. Those challenged with ADHD are impulsive, very inattentive making it difficult for them to focus on tasks, and generally harder to parent because they may be hard to manage.I am not an expert on this but can refer you to the site of one of the leading coaches and parent trainers on ADHD Ms.

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Yes, Happy New Year to all, along with ALL the optimism and anticipation that goes along with the excitement of a fresh start.As it would be, according to many biblical scholars, this is the year of 'believers' to walk in "purpose and destiny." Also, as with the number '09' (a symbol of birthing), it would be apropos to say these things would be 'birthed' out of you at this time, assuming you are

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Did you do your Parent/Teacher dialog yet?

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We're approaching the end of the summer... Have you done EVERYTHING you set out to accomplish?Well, depending on [what's next], you still have time. And even if your unable to do it all, give yourself a pat on the shoulder & a round of applause because, whatever WAS DONE, was done only because you made it happen.Kudos to YOU!

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Hmmmm.... I'm at a loss of words because there is not a simple way to express my exprience there. However, what valueable lessons were learned. The Maximum Impact Program (the second of two courses that I've taken) at the Option Intitute was an exprience to remember. Again, I don't know where to begin, however one must prepare themself to be broken,... Out of their regular ole mold that is, to

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Wow... DID YOU SEE THAT?? A whole day of programing focused on "autism." From start to finish, on April 2, 2008, CNN dedicated the bulk of the day to autism. Kudos to CNN.I could NOT watch the whole day, however contacted others that could, and I was moved by what I heard and saw with my own eyes. Everthing from reports, success's, controversial matters, and families, to beliefs and whats

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Having a loved one with Autism can be a very stressful issue for anyone. It can put strain on a marriage, personal relationship, and family in general.Care takers can very easily become so consumed with taking care of their loved one with autism that other eras of the marriage or relationship may suffer. Siblings can become jealous over the attention the child challenged with autism may

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http://www.son-rise.org/

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...understand it, learn it and confront it head on.I've heard it said, before you can truly be totally dedicated to 'something' (or one), you have to 'die' to self first. For instance, speaking from a spiritual stand point, before one could be a follower of "Christ", one has to die to those things that keep them from doing so. If they love HIM then they WOULD die to those things that stand in the

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You already know, this year's NOT last year. What ever has been working, lets do it better. What ever has been positive, lets continue along this path. We just cannot let good enough be our battle cry no matter what is going on our lives. Yes, pick and choose your battles, however don't choose so few your life is no longer your own. That said, live with life, love as if there were no

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Woah! What a time of year... Folks making travel plans, getting excited about seeing friends & family. Those who cook figuring out how this year will be even 'tastier' then the last, and people who are looking for a much needed break, can expect at least a short period of a manditory break.... Well maybe.As a parent, sibling, friend or family member of someone with autism, the time might

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Are any of you old enough to remember when one of Billboard 100's number one songs "We Are The World" came out? It is a song written by two giants in the music industry at the time and produced by one of America's best & well known music producers.Written by both Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, produced by Quincy Jones, the 1985 song was a collaboration of over thirty-five artists. They all

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Wow, I was moved by just the thought. Oprah Winfrey hosting a show, totally dedicated to something so ignored by our publicly elected, and our general population.As I heard about it, but did not see the actual show, how is it that a former Playboy Playmate, a self professed "good time girl" (with no specific science, much less medically based education), able to accomplish what some 'so called

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As with any 'loving' parent, whether they'd be someone new to parenting or even someone considered a veteran, the bottom line is, 'you love your child & want the best for them.' That said, any woman or man that has done any amount of living, has made mistakes. With that, probably, just 'probably' has the notion that their child can do better than them, & doesn't have to repeat any of those

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Picture this, ...your daughter or son is having a rotten day. Its as if they've crashed and burned and left a trail of innocent bystanders, (including you) behind. You can't seem to figure out why. Why is today so different from one of their 'best', or even the day prior?Racking your brain, and doing all that you know successful in the past, you wish everything would just [miraculously] normalize

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How to Deal with and Autistic Child or Children Part 2.This follow up post is long overdue. However I am fighting cancer and after 2 major surgeries, 1 exploratory surgery and 9 weeks of chemotherapy I am just beginning to get back enough strength and time to continue this blog -- which is a labor of love.I will be inviting other bloggers to help me keep this blog up to date and on point sharing

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by Kamau Austin, publisher Autism 411.comDealing with autistic children can be very challenging. Autistic children can be prone to tantrums and crying in an almost violent fashion.So how to deal with an Autistic Child? It may sound simplistic but you deal with an autistic child with all the love and patience you can muster. You also do it in almost the opposite way many people deal with their

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By Kamau Austin, publisher Autism411.comDon't feel hopeless if you find out a loved one has the Autism Spectrum disorder. For instance my daughter recently made great strides to overcome autism's challenges.Like many autistic children she seemed anti-social, loud noises and bright lights bothered her, and standing in front of large groups of people would disorient her. We told some health

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I remember in college learning that children learn through playing. A leading writer on child development D.W. Winnicolt expressed how children developed a sense of self and reality through playing.Perhaps not doing justice to his insights his basic premise goes something like the following. Since a child's every need is supplied by the mother (in most cases), a baby sees itself as part of the

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By Kamau Austin The following article is from one of my favorite writers on Autism Rachel Evans. She makes some great points in the following article. I would just add that you should try to avoid denial if your child is diagnosed. Being diagnosed with autism isn't the end of the world. When my wife and I received the news our child was autistic we were devastated. We were mad at the people who

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In my first post in this series I discussed the hindsight is 20/20 revelation that my daughter is autistic. It was when she was first born how she was hypersensitive to light, and responded really harshly to her first rough washing from a nurse.You can read the first post in this series here: First Autism PostAfter my daughter was brought home from the hospital she seemed very mellow for an hour

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There are a lot of parents who would like home schooling for their child. But they are afraid because they don't exactly know if they can be their children's teacher. They also need to find out if home schooling is suitable for their child and if there really is a need to home school their child. Of course most parents would like to have their children educated in school. The school is such a

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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) cover a variety of behaviors and abilities and are caused by abnormal brain development. While ASDs begin when the individual is a child, they will last throughout the individual’s life. Most individuals with ASDs will display a lack of social skills, as well as communication skills. While these individuals with ASDs may have a variety of different behaviors, each

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