Facing Autism Parenting Challenges? Try A Bit of Janis
As a father of a soon to be 17 year old son with severe autism disorder symptoms and profound developmental delays I understand fully when parents discuss those challenges on line. (He is also a very solid 6'1" and still growing). I do not mock other parents and accuse them of engaging in self pity, or of demonizing their children, as do many in the Neurodiversity movement including the "Thinking Persons" at the TPGA.
I understand fully what it means to try and help your adolescent son when he is hitting himself in the head in the middle of the night or when at a younger age he slipped out of the hous...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 19, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Conor's Fredericton 2012 - Part II
The Autism Society New Brunswick met on several occasions with senior civil servants during the administration of successive provincial governments to advocate for a modern residential care facility and system. The concept was to have a facility located in Fredericton because of its central location and proximity to the autism expertise of UNB, UNB-CEL and the Stan Cassidy Centre. The centre would provide an alternative to the general psychiatric hospital facilities at Centracare in Saint John and at the Regional Hospital in Campbellton. The professional advisers at the centre could then provide services ...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 12, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Conor's Fredericton 2012 - Part I
Moved back to New Brunswick from Burlington (I commuted each day to Toronto (Eaton Centre) and back) in 1997. Conor was 1 year old at the time and has since grown up in The Green City aka Fredericton. I can't imagine what life would have been like with 4-5 hours commuting each day, time I would not have spent with my family. I don't know what that would have meant for Conor's development and enjoyment of life. I know I have loved being back in Fredericton and I believe Conor has also benefited from the natural environment of "Freddy Beach". (Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick)
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 11, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Thank You Again Shawn Graham For Helping NB Children With Autism
In the pictures above Shawn Graham makes a financial commitment to helping NB's autistic children and signs the cast of then Autism Society New Brunswick President Lila Barry. In the bottom picture he and former Fredericton MP Andy Scott, also a strong advocate for autistic children, participated in the grand opening of the Autism Connections Fredericton Community Center.
Walking across the intersection at the corner of King and Carleton Street in Fredericton today I saw former New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham coming from the opposite direction. I was very happy to see him and took advantage of the o...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 9, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Bennett Report Card 2012: New Brunswick Hides Denial of Evidence Based Learning for Children with Autism and Severe Learning Disabilities Under Cloak of Radical Inclusion Philosophy
In Scares, Misadventures, and Reversals in Canadian K-12 Education Paul W. Bennett, Founding Director, Schoolhouse Consulting; Instructor, Mount Saint Vincent University; author, provides his 2012 report card on the state of education in Canada. There were some hopeful signs including the landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Moore case in which the Court ruled that BC school board:
"had discriminated against a dyslexic child who was not given adequate help to attain literacy. “Adequate special education is not a dispensable luxury,” Judge Rosalie Abella ruled. “For those with severe learni...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 3, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Professional and Scholarly Concern About the Science Behind the DSM5
Although Frank Farley makes his comments about the DSM5 and the state of academic psychology in a CBS interview in an understated, diplomatic manner the comments should give reason to pause for anyone interested in autism and other psychology issues given his former status as American Psychological Association president:
"Frank Farley, a Temple University psychologist and former president of the American Psychological Association, agreed that a significant number of professionals and scholars were skeptical about the science that went into the DSM-5. Looking to 2013, an international movement has arisen...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 1, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Autism 2012: Disaster for the Autism Spectrum's Intellectually Disabled
"Autism Spectrum Disorder
Must meet criteria A, B, C, and D:
A. Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across contexts, not accounted for by general developmental delays, and manifest by all 3 of the following:"
Autism annual reviews have been published by a number of sources most of which ignored or mis-characterized the most important autism event of 2012. The most important event by far and the one with the most negative implications for those who actually suffer from autism symptoms was the APA approval, on Saturday, December 1, just befo...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - December 31, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
