various interesting links and info

[Guest guest]

RECENT

NEWS

Hidden Tax deductions for

special education:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203537304577030453437780894.html

Navigating love and autism:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/navigating-love-and-autism.html?_r=1

Great article by Elder Robison on looking ahead at Autism as a spectrum

http://jerobison.blogspot.com/2012/01/looking-forward-at-autism-spectrum.html

Autism therapy more successful when peers included

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2011/11/29/autism-therapy-peers/14528/

Living Life with autism: Has

Anything really changed? Forbes magazine

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2011/11/30/living-life-with-autism-asperger-has-anything-changed/

Excellent article on the myth

of “mindblindness” in people with Autism.

http://www.autismandempathy.com/?p=612

Teens with autism face social

isolation

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2011/11/21/teens-autism-social-isolation/14489/

Changing Perceptions: The Power

of Autism

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/479033a.html

New tax-free savings plan for

children with disabilities introduced to congress

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2011/11/15/saving-tax-free/14448/

1 in 20 Kids has a disability

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2011/11/22/census-1-in-20-disability/14507/

RESOURCES

From the National Center for

Learning Disabilities and Teachers without Borders comes this introductory

tutorial for general ed teachers on learning disabilities. Check it out! http://nixty.com/course/LD-Primer

IEPS for children with behavior

issues from slaw

http://www.wrightslaw.com/howey/iep.special.factors.htm

Changing schools and IEPS: What

parents need to know.

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.change.schools.htm

Helping Children with autism

connect (Speech Language)

http://inhealth.cnn.com/speech-recovery-and-development-center/speech-and-language-treatment-helping-children-with-autism-connect-to-the-world?did=t1_rss1

When writing seems like an

impossible task

http://www.php.com/ask-expert-when-writing-seems-impossible-task

Who should be on your

child’s IEP team

http://www.smartkidswithld.org/guide-to-action/educational-planning/who-should-be-on-your-childs-iep-team

Ten tips for parent: How to use

IDEA to improve your child’s special education

http://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/art/10.tips.steedman.htm#1

Time to check in again on

HIMAT:A lot of companies these days are based in other states, but over 33 states

now have autism insurance laws on the books. To find out if your

company’s health insurance applies, check out this website and the

attached document http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=18246

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl - haven't seen your name here for awhile?

Cheryl Cain wrote:

>

> RECENT NEWS

[ snip a bunch of good ones ... ]

.... and keep the single most important one :

>

<http://rfautism.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d35fbdff297ed10517691815 & id=\

975ea18924 & e=c94b43261e>

> <http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/479033a.html>

Finally! In print, in a very prestigious journal:

" As a result, my research group and others believe that autism should be

described and investigated as a variant within the human species. "

NB: " variant " , ... should be described ... as a *variant*... !!

I include myself among those " ...and others... " of whom Mottron speaks.

I've flogged that same idea, here and elsewhere, for quite a long

time. I'm *ecstatic* it's hit the Big Time.

_Excellent article_ !! The accompanying Comments are instructive too,

in their own way.

-Bill ...AS, retired geneticist

--

WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

[Guest guest]

I have always been in the shadows here. Thanks for

noticing.

From:

aspires-relationships [mailto:aspires-relationships ]

On Behalf Of WD Loughman

Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:34 AM

To: aspires-relationships

Subject: Re: various interesting links and info

Hi Cheryl - haven't seen your name here for awhile?

Cheryl Cain wrote:

>

> RECENT NEWS

[ snip a bunch of good ones ... ]

.... and keep the single most important one :

> <http://rfautism.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d35fbdff297ed10517691815 & id=975ea18924 & e=c94b43261e>

> <http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/479033a.html>

Finally! In print, in a very prestigious journal:

" As a result, my research group and others believe that autism should be

described and investigated as a variant within the human species. "

NB: " variant " , ... should be described ... as a *variant*... !!

I include myself among those " ...and others... " of whom Mottron

speaks.

I've flogged that same idea, here and elsewhere, for quite a long

time. I'm *ecstatic* it's hit the Big Time.

_Excellent article_ !! The accompanying Comments are instructive too,

in their own way.

-Bill ...AS, retired geneticist

--

WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

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