Guest guest Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 This was my letter to the editor this year. It took them several weeks to print it, but at least they finally did! Amy Top Stories Letters to the editor Thursday, May 8, 2003 April is Autism Awareness Month According to recent studies, nearly one in every 500 children is diagnosed with autism. With numbers that high, it is very likely that your school-age child will encounter a child with autism at some point during his or her school career. Just as we teach our children to respect differences in other children due to race or religion, so must we teach our children to respect differences caused by disabilities. In order to do this, we as parents must be educated about these disabilities. We must not encourage the misinformation that occurs about certain disabilities, especially autism. If your child has a classmate with autism, his or her teacher may have already informed the class about autism. If not, encourage your child's questions. Some questions you may not be able to answer, but there are several places where you can seek out the necessary information. Your child's school's special education room (or resource room) would be a good place to start. The Internet can also be helpful, but the amount of information can be overwhelming, and not all of the information may be accurate or appropriate for your child's situation or age level. You can also try calling the Autism Society of America at (800) 3-AUTISM for information. In some cases, the parents of the disabled child may be more than happy to help you with an appropriate explanation for your child. This may not always be the case, so check with the child's teacher first. Tolerance begins with awareness and education. My son may never " fit in " at school, but with tolerant, respectful classmates his school time may become more rewarding. If you need help finding answers about autism, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at ajhelmuth@.... Amy J. Helmuth Portage _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 Well done, Amy. Tuna >>>>>>>>>>>> > Letters to the editor > > Thursday, May 8, 2003 > > > > > April is Autism Awareness Month > > > According to recent studies, nearly one in every 500 > children is diagnosed > with autism. With numbers that high, it is very > likely that your school-age > child will encounter a child with autism at some > point during his or her > school career. Just as we teach our children to > respect differences in other > children due to race or religion, so must we teach > our children to respect > differences caused by disabilities. In order to do > this, we as parents must > be educated about these disabilities. We must not > encourage the > misinformation that occurs about certain > disabilities, especially autism. > > If your child has a classmate with autism, his or > her teacher may have > already informed the class about autism. If not, > encourage your child's > questions. Some questions you may not be able to > answer, but there are > several places where you can seek out the necessary > information. Your > child's school's special education room (or resource > room) would be a good > place to start. The Internet can also be helpful, > but the amount of > information can be overwhelming, and not all of the > information may be > accurate or appropriate for your child's situation > or age level. You can > also try calling the Autism Society of America at > (800) 3-AUTISM for > information. In some cases, the parents of the > disabled child may be more > than happy to help you with an appropriate > explanation for your child. This > may not always be the case, so check with the > child's teacher first. > > Tolerance begins with awareness and education. My > son may never " fit in " at > school, but with tolerant, respectful classmates his > school time may become > more rewarding. If you need help finding answers > about autism, please feel > free to contact me via e-mail at > ajhelmuth@.... > > Amy J. Helmuth > > Portage > > ===== mom to: , 8, ASD , 4, NT Normal is just a setting on the washing machine. - Whoopi Goldberg ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 Great letter Amy! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 Great letter. Has anyone contacted you? Cecilia from Perú, mom to Dessirée (05/07/99) Lovely husband _____ I've stopped 51 spam messages. You can too! Get your free, safe spam protection at www.cloudmark.com <http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnet?v1> <http://www.cloudmark.com/> Cloudmark SpamNet - Join the fight against spam! -----Mensaje original----- De: Amy Helmuth Enviado el: Jueves, 08 de Mayo de 2003 07:24 p.m. Para: parenting_autism Asunto: my letter to the editor This was my letter to the editor this year. It took them several weeks to print it, but at least they finally did! Amy Top Stories Letters to the editor Thursday, May 8, 2003 April is Autism Awareness Month According to recent studies, nearly one in every 500 children is diagnosed with autism. With numbers that high, it is very likely that your school-age child will encounter a child with autism at some point during his or her school career. Just as we teach our children to respect differences in other children due to race or religion, so must we teach our children to respect differences caused by disabilities. In order to do this, we as parents must be educated about these disabilities. We must not encourage the misinformation that occurs about certain disabilities, especially autism. If your child has a classmate with autism, his or her teacher may have already informed the class about autism. If not, encourage your child's questions. Some questions you may not be able to answer, but there are several places where you can seek out the necessary information. Your child's school's special education room (or resource room) would be a good place to start. The Internet can also be helpful, but the amount of information can be overwhelming, and not all of the information may be accurate or appropriate for your child's situation or age level. You can also try calling the Autism Society of America at (800) 3-AUTISM for information. In some cases, the parents of the disabled child may be more than happy to help you with an appropriate explanation for your child. This may not always be the case, so check with the child's teacher first. Tolerance begins with awareness and education. My son may never " fit in " at school, but with tolerant, respectful classmates his school time may become more rewarding. If you need help finding answers about autism, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at ajhelmuth@.... Amy J. Helmuth Portage _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 This is great, Amy, good for you. (SAHM in GA) MSN elizabethloht@... n 33, mo, no formal dx Phoebe, 12 weeks my letter to the editor > This was my letter to the editor this year. It took them several weeks to > print it, but at least they finally did! > Amy > > > > Top Stories > > > Letters to the editor > > Thursday, May 8, 2003 > > > > > April is Autism Awareness Month > > > According to recent studies, nearly one in every 500 children is diagnosed > with autism. With numbers that high, it is very likely that your school-age > child will encounter a child with autism at some point during his or her > school career. Just as we teach our children to respect differences in other > children due to race or religion, so must we teach our children to respect > differences caused by disabilities. In order to do this, we as parents must > be educated about these disabilities. We must not encourage the > misinformation that occurs about certain disabilities, especially autism. > > If your child has a classmate with autism, his or her teacher may have > already informed the class about autism. If not, encourage your child's > questions. Some questions you may not be able to answer, but there are > several places where you can seek out the necessary information. Your > child's school's special education room (or resource room) would be a good > place to start. The Internet can also be helpful, but the amount of > information can be overwhelming, and not all of the information may be > accurate or appropriate for your child's situation or age level. You can > also try calling the Autism Society of America at (800) 3-AUTISM for > information. In some cases, the parents of the disabled child may be more > than happy to help you with an appropriate explanation for your child. This > may not always be the case, so check with the child's teacher first. > > Tolerance begins with awareness and education. My son may never " fit in " at > school, but with tolerant, respectful classmates his school time may become > more rewarding. If you need help finding answers about autism, please feel > free to contact me via e-mail at ajhelmuth@.... > > Amy J. Helmuth > > Portage > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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