Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities articles from March 2001

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities archives from March 2001

Taking One Step Ahead and Opening the World for Our Son.(software use by autistic children)
March 22, 2001... Ali Jamnia About 3 1/2 years ago, my wife and I discovered that our son (now 6 1/2 years old) has autism. This realization, needless to say, affected our lives greatly. Once we recovered from the shock, we discovered that there are no...

Storms.(violent behavior in autism/ down syndrome)
March 22, 2001... You can almost feel it in the air. A change is coming. As ominous clouds start to roll in and gusts of wind begin to swirl about us, we recognize a familiar pattern in this approaching storm. We have lived through these turbulent times before....

A Parent Perspective.(autistic children)
March 22, 2001... For the parent of an autistic child, life is such a vast array of experiences. Daily life with our son is such a pleasure and truly makes us feel that we are the lucky ones who have been blessed with this handsome and bright child--a child who...

The Miraculous and the Mundane.(amelioration of autism)
March 22, 2001... Part 1. The Miraculous Becomes Mundane Our 8-year-old son, Alex, was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. His differences were brought forcefully to our attention by his nearly being expelled from nursery school. He could speak, but he...

A Mother's Account.(autistic children)
March 22, 2001... My son Jawaharlal Merlin Roth-Reynolds was born on a coolish, cloudy morning in my room at our 12-sided communal home, which perches like an eagle's nest overlooking the beautiful Kickapoo River Valley. It was August 6th, 1991- 46 years to the...

Journey Into Autism.
March 22, 2001... Unlike many of my friends from as far back as first grade, I never really knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I always envied their certainty: "I'm going to be a teacher," or "I'm going to be a nurse." All I knew was that I wanted to be a...

The Grief Cycle--One Parent's Trip Around.(autistic children)
March 22, 2001... I have heard that the two most stressful events in one's life are divorce and the death of a loved one. According to the most recent survey from the National Center for Health Statistics (1997), the divorce rate is 4.7 divorces per 1,000...

Daniel's Mom.(autistic children)
March 22, 2001... "You'd be the perfect person to have a child with autism; you'd know exactly what to do." A backward compliment, perhaps? Certainly not comforting words when one is 7 months pregnant. Sitting in the staff break room, listening to this ignorant...

A First-Person Account of the Quandaries of a Professional.(Asperger syndrome diagnosis)
March 22, 2001... I've spent close to 30 years of my life working in many different capacities with persons who fall on the autism spectrum. I started my professional career as a houseparent in a residential setting for children with autism. I have been a...

The Education of a Teacher.(autistic children)
March 22, 2001... When I started my career as a special education teacher in 1966, I was one of just three graduates in the first-ever program in my state designed to train and certify teachers of the "mentally retarded" (classified as either "educable" or...

Looking Backward, Looking Ahead.
March 22, 2001... It is rare that I find myself without words. However, as I sit in front of the computer trying to formulate the beginning of an article, my mind is strangely devoid of words. Only images pass across my mind: * Images of buildings I have...

Social Attributions and Depression in Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... This study investigated the relationship between level of depressive symptoms and social attributions in 33 adolescents with Asperger syndrome. Results revealed a significant positive relationship between depressive symptoms and ability...

A Participatory Action Research Approach to Evaluating Inclusive School Programs.
March 22, 2001... Efforts to evaluate inclusion have frequently focused on the efficacy of inclusive education as a service delivery model. Although this information has greatly enhanced the field's understanding of inclusion, a need exists for a comprehensive...

Teaching Kids and Adults with Autism: Building the Framework for Lifetime Learning.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Teaching Kids and Adults with Autism: Building the Framework for Lifetime Learning by Kathleen McConnell Fad and L. Rozelle Moulton Longmont, CO: Sopris West, 1999 305 pages With this book, McConnell Fad and Moulton have attempted to...