Re: Help with publication

[Guest guest]

Marcia,

I wonder if you contacted distributors of autism products (such a Super

Duper Publications, etc), if they would have recommendations as to what

publisher

produces a lot of the other special needs based books? The other one I can

think of off hand would be Future Horizons.

Just a thought.

-Sharon

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Hi Marcia,

I'm SOOOOOOO glad you've written these books! I can't wait to read them!

I noticed the other day on Amazon.com they have a link at the bottom of each

page to " self publish " . I don't know anything about it.

I also have a friend who has published a few books like yours (and she has

two adopted children with special needs). I am forwarding your post to her

to ask her to contact you if she can. She is out of town for a few days.

And, I'm wondering if you can help me with how I can determine if my

partially-verbal son with ASD/ is gifted (we have several gifted family

members, including myself). We have an outstanding school district (great

for special needs), but surprisingly they do not have a gifted program.

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Marcia

Hinds

Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:14 AM

Subject: Help with publication

This time I need help. Kathy on co-authored a book called, My

Friends Have Autism. We need an agent or publisher for our book and advice

or contacts any of you have to help with publication would be greatly

appreciated.

As parents of children with Autism, all of our children experienced

first-hand the bullying and unkind behavior that occurs in our schools as a

result of a lack of understanding. Our goal is for this book to be used in

classrooms across the nation by teachers and parents to promote

understanding and acceptance for children who face the challenges of Autism.

Hopefully, this will pave the way for our next book How to Survive the

Autism Diagnosis .

After publication a percentage of the sale price of these books would be

donated to Autism medical facilities. As parents we know these

children can be helped medically, behaviorally and educationally and we need

to get the word out. This needs to become accepted medical practice for all

children with Autism. My nineteen year old son is living proof about the

success possible for our kind of kids. We can make the example of my son's

recovery from Autism and others like him the norm rather than the exception.

Summary of My Friends Have Autism

and Ben have Autism. As a result, they sometimes don't act like the

other kids in school. By accepting, understanding and just being their

friends, their classmates learn to make a difference in Ben and 's

lives. This book can be used by both teachers and parents as an educational

tool to start the Autism discussion in the classroom. It includes rules for

being a good friend and friendship games.

Summary of How to Survive the Autism Diagnosis

Our family survived the Autism diagnosis; but there were many times I

thought we weren't going to make it. My son, , was diagnosed when he

was three by the leading authority on Autism in the Twin Cities. At the time

I was told he would never be " normal, " and would probably need to be

institutionalized. When my son entered kindergarten at age six, he was in

the third percentile for speech. By that time we had been seeing a medical

doctor who specializes in Autism and treating the immune system for about a

year.

By the third grade, my son tested in the 85th percentile for speech. Even

so, my son had an aide in the classroom through fifth grade to help with

organization and social situations. After the fifth grade, his special

education file was closed and he no longer received any assistance at

school. But he still wasn't " normal. " Although he was no longer looked

like he had Autism and was ahead academically, socially he was still behind

and didn't act like other kids. At the time, I couldn't imagine him living

a productive life complete with independence, a wife, a job and kids. Most

of what I did was so I wouldn't have guilt later when placement might have

to be considered. Thank god for guilt.

Today drives, has friends, and does all the things the doctors told me

he would never do. , a freshman at Santa Clara University on a

half-ride merit scholarship, studies Mechanical Engineering. The school

doesn't know he was ever diagnosed with Autism. He loves it there and has a

3.8 GPA. fits in quite nicely with all the other nerds, is president

of Hillel, and has a ton of friends. (Who would have seen that one coming?)

There is no magic pill to help children with Autism. Trust me, we searched

everywhere for it. It took years for these kids to become sick and it takes

years to recover. You don't wake up one morning and BAM they are better.

Even if one could wave a magic wand and make their bodies normal, they would

have to learn everything they missed while they were sick.

My son is truly a success story and what I learned over the years will save

parents valuable time when trying to help their children. We need to make

this happen for all kids with Autism because there are thousands of kids NOT

getting better every day. We can't give up on these kids no matter how much

they try to make you. They can get better.

Marketing Plan

These book will be marketed to all the countless Autism organizations,

doctors, educators, and school districts that deal with helping families.

We have contacts all over the Autism world to help get this book in the

hands of the people who need it. Personal appearances, book signings, and

talk/morning shows featuring two moms that have lived this and are also

professionals in the field will ensure success.

About the Authors

E. on RN, an army nurse who retired at the rank of

Lieutenant Colonel, currently serves as the Director of the New York Autism

Center, Black River, NY. This clinic specializes in a medical approach for

the treatment of autism.

Kathy has forty years of experience working with children with disabilities.

She is the skating, and swimming coach for Special Olympics as well as the

Girl Scout Leader for a troop of Juniors, Cadettes, and Seniors with special

needs. Kathy is the mother of nineteen-year old daughter recovering from

Autism.

Kathy's is published in the American Journal of Nursing, Maternal Child

Nursing, Ladycom, and the 7th MEDCOM Medical Bulletin. She facilitates

workshops on the Bio-Medical treatment of Autism to Health Care

Professionals and parents in the US and Canada. In addition, she is a

contributing editor for the Journal of Nursing Jocularity and writes a

weekly Health Care Advice Column in the US Army newspapers.

As a credentialed K-12 teacher, Marcia Hinds has extensive experience with

both gifted and special education children. Her degrees include a B.A. in

Psychology and Sociology from UCLA.

Her son was born with Autism. As a result of medical, behavioral and

educational interventions, her son now attends a major University and is

doing all the things the doctors said would not be possible.

Her writing credits include the book Killer Bees, part of a high

interest/low level reading series for Capstone Press and Grolier Publishing.

She has also written articles on topics of Immune Dysfunction, Autism and

ADHD and continues to develop educational curriculum.

Thanks in advance for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.

Marcia Hinds

805 497-8202

[Guest guest]

> How about Sentient Publications, they published Jepson¹s book Changing the

> Course of Autism

>

> Natasa

>

>

> Marcia,

>

> I wonder if you contacted distributors of autism products (such a Super

> Duper Publications, etc), if they would have recommendations as to what

> publisher

> produces a lot of the other special needs based books? The other one I can

> think of off hand would be Future Horizons.

>

> Just a thought.

>

> -Sharon

>

> **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for

> FanHouse Fantasy Football today.

> (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kristy,

Thanks with the assist with the publication of our books. As for the gifted

stuff, most of our kids are gifted even if they have trouble communicating that.

Our kids are brillant and need to be challenged and encouraged to succeed, but I

don't think a gifted program is necessary for that to occur. My is now

tutoring other college kids in Calculus 4 and was never in a gifted program.

All they need is a great program not necessarily a gifted one. Thanks in

advance for sending the post for publication to your friend.

Marcia

[Guest guest]

Hi Marcia,

What I have been wondering specifically to my son is that his teachers have

all reported - since preschool and he just finished kindergarten - is that

sometimes it is nearly impossible to get his attention (it does not matter

if he's in a classroom, small group or one-on-one, he still has the same

issue) and I'm wondering if it's because his mind is on something else. I

know sometimes I become very distracted when " the wheels are turning " in my

mind and I've moved on. I know, too, that the classroom was very difficult

for me at times when I wanted to be doing one thing, but the class was

supposed to be working on something else (ESPECIALLY if I was not interested

in what they were doing). I'm wondering how I can find out if this is the

case with my son, and if it is the case, what our SD can do about it. Any

ideas?

Thanks,

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Marcia

Hinds

Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:14 PM

Subject: Re: Help with publication

Hi Kristy,

Thanks with the assist with the publication of our books. As for the gifted

stuff, most of our kids are gifted even if they have trouble communicating

that. Our kids are brillant and need to be challenged and encouraged to

succeed, but I don't think a gifted program is necessary for that to occur.

My is now tutoring other college kids in Calculus 4 and was never in a

gifted program. All they need is a great program not necessarily a gifted

one. Thanks in advance for sending the post for publication to your friend.

Marcia

[Guest guest]

Marcia

My son was diagnosed with Bi-lateral hear lost. -NOT TRUE_-he just was not

processing audio sounds. No attention. Yes his mind was elsewhere but do to a

lack of stimuli's.

> From: Kristy Nardini <krnardini@...>

> Subject: RE: Re: Help with publication

>

> Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 5:27 PM

> Hi Marcia,

>

>

>

> What I have been wondering specifically to my son is that

> his teachers have

> all reported - since preschool and he just finished

> kindergarten - is that

> sometimes it is nearly impossible to get his attention (it

> does not matter

> if he's in a classroom, small group or one-on-one, he

> still has the same

> issue) and I'm wondering if it's because his mind

> is on something else. I

> know sometimes I become very distracted when " the

> wheels are turning " in my

> mind and I've moved on. I know, too, that the classroom

> was very difficult

> for me at times when I wanted to be doing one thing, but

> the class was

> supposed to be working on something else (ESPECIALLY if I

> was not interested

> in what they were doing). I'm wondering how I can find

> out if this is the

> case with my son, and if it is the case, what our SD can do

> about it. Any

> ideas?

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

> Kristy

>

>

>

> From: [mailto: ] On

> Behalf Of Marcia

> Hinds

> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:14 PM

>

> Subject: Re: Help with publication

>

>

>

> Hi Kristy,

> Thanks with the assist with the publication of our books.

> As for the gifted

> stuff, most of our kids are gifted even if they have

> trouble communicating

> that. Our kids are brillant and need to be challenged and

> encouraged to

> succeed, but I don't think a gifted program is

> necessary for that to occur.

> My is now tutoring other college kids in Calculus 4

> and was never in a

> gifted program. All they need is a great program not

> necessarily a gifted

> one. Thanks in advance for sending the post for publication

> to your friend.

> Marcia

>

>

[Guest guest]

Kristy,

Thanks for Ellen. She was a wealth of information. And to answer the question

of why your son seems like he is not paying attention to the teachers is one of

the hardest for me to understand when I was going through it with my .

There is a lot going on in their sick little bodies and this lack of attention

gets better as they become better. What you need to tell the teachers that your

son is listening even though he doesn't act like that is the case. Your son

needs to be taught and told things that other kids just pick up or learn. If

they are making inappropriate noises at school, the teacher needs to say while

I'm talking you need to not make noises. This message needs to be delivered

just matter of fact with no anger but rather kind of informational.

When was little he did not know how to sit in a circle and learn at

Kindergarten. So we played school at home. I gathered my daughter, my husband,

and even the dog. I was the teacher and of course my husband was the bad

kid at school who did not look at the teacher or do the things he needed to do.

My daughter set the correct example and eventually learned all the subtle

things he needed to know to do circle time correctly. Sit still, raise his

hand, look like he was paying attention etc.

I thought we were done with this problem until the communication notebook told

me how badly acted when the librarian read the class a story at the

library. What surprised me was that even though knew the correct way to

act during circle time, he didn't know is that the rules for reading a book at

the library were the same as for circle time in the classroom. So we played

Library at home and soon the information transferred to the Library setting. It

was hard to have to teach what other kids just learn naturally, but that is what

you have to do until they know enough to start learning like other kids without

the pre-learning or role-playing.

Another problem that adds to this attention problem is their lack of functional

language. Some kids have very extensive vocabularies but don't know the

meanings or rules for conversation and listening. For our kids English can

sometimes be a foreign language. Even though my son sometimes used advanced

words in his speech, he had holes in his vocabulary. In first grade he had no

idea what a " hood " was. It always surprised me when we would come across a word

that was so simple that he had no clue as to what it meant. I was constantly

asking him to explain words to me just so I knew he understood their meanings.

I would have trouble paying attention to a Calculus lesson because I wouldn't

understand the language the teacher would be using. Also, our kind of kids

misses the nonverbal communication because they don't look at the person who is

speaking. And that can be a real problem because I have been told 90% of

communication is nonverbal.

Hope this helps. Please call me if you need to ask anything else. I am just a

mom but I have lived this and through hindsight understand some of what I didn't

get when it was happening.

Marcia Hinds

805 497-8202