Asperger's

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• NaNoWriMo RE: Limited medical training; restraining and caring for someone

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 136
  RE: Limited medical training; restraining and caring for someone[quote=akozete]My characters are in an isolated area. The group usually includes a doctor and a couple of nurses, but they’ve gone off to do something else, and the only person left with any medical experience is the cook, who used to be sort of a ...
  6 hours ago

• NaNoWriMo RE: Limited medical training; restraining and caring for someone

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 136
  RE: Limited medical training; restraining and caring for someone [quote=akozete]My characters are in an isolated area. The group usually includes a doctor and a couple of nurses, but theyve gone off to do something else, and the only person left with any medical experience is the ...
  6 hours ago

• Gary McKinnon let down

  
  Mad World — Authority: 126
  Theres a really good piece in the Guardian about the Gary McKinnon case the decision by Alan Johnson to allow him to stand trial in the US.
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• The Difference

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 144
  I often describe Aspergers to people in the following way: Imagine that you are dropped into an alien society in which the language is completely different than what youre used to and the mores and world views are radically different too. Not only do you feel bewildered by your surroundings, but you soon come to ...
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• Hacker Gary McKinnon to be extradited to US

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 167
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• The Day the Music Died

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 144
  For Don McLean , the music died on a cold February night in 1959 when Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens and The Big Boppers tiny chartered plane did a nosedive into a frozen Iowa cornfield (see the story below). The music died for me much later -- though I no longer remember the exact year -- when my maternal ...
  2 days ago

• Growing up with Asperger’s: 10-year-old adapting to his world

  
  Waleed Nassar — Authority: 410
  Inside and out, Brandon’s world looks and feels different. Whimsy doesn’t exist. It’s just facts, figures, rules and structure. Little things get to him: Changes in temperature, the sensation of the silverware on his tongue, the sounds of the furnace kicking on. Many of the things that we barely notice, ...
  3 days ago

• Tank-full

  
  What We Need — Authority: 115
  My tank is full. I’m thankful. Full of thanks, for so many things. At the beginning of the school year, I asked the powers that be for C to find one friend. Thank you. My greatest wish for C has always been, and will continue to be, that he is both healthy and happy. Thank you. C is blessed with many, many ...
  3 days ago

• 11.25 The Cooler

  
  The Smoking Section — Authority: 656
  Kelly Doll, Carnal Inspiration Zoe Saldana In Details Magazine [The Cutie Blog] House Drops “Mike Tomlin” Reference [With Leather] Advice From Yourself At All Ages [College Humor] Boy With Asperger’s Syndrome Rode Subway For 11 Days Straight [Black Book] LAPD Finds Pot Growing 25 Feet From Police ...
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• Asperger’s Syndrome Runaway Spends 11 Days Hiding in NYC Subways

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 143
  With all the survelliance technology, the authorities couldn’t find this kid? KIRK SEMPLE writes in the NY Times : Day after day, night after night, Francisco Hernandez Jr. rode the subway. He had a MetroCard, $10 in his pocket and a book bag on his lap. As the human tide flowed and ebbed around him, he sat ...
  4 days ago

• Story Of Runaway Asperger’s Boy Proves Futility Of Trying To Keep It Together

  
  The Awl — Authority: 763
  If you’ve got tissues nearby, get them out now: A 13-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome ran away from home and spent nearly two weeks in the NYC subway system before being found by a MTA worker who recognized his face from a missing-person poster. Apparently afraid of being scolded for not concentrating at ...
  4 days ago

• Asperger’s Kid Spends 11 Days Hiding in Subway System

  
  trainjotting.com — Authority: 130
  There’s a heartbreaking Page 1 story in today’s NY Times about a 13 year old boy who, fearing a scolding at his Bensonhurst home, ran away and spent the next 11 days riding the rails . Francisco “Franky” Hernandez Jr. eluded both the police and his frantic parents until a transit officer paired the boy up with ...
  4 days ago

• Weducation for children with autism

  
  Fine Tuning Health — Authority: 443
  Boy with autismAn Approach to Educating Child with Autism: Just BelieveIt is in the manner of perception that we can either work our way out of a problem or say that our trip just ended. We often experienced giving up and say in the end that if we only held tight to the rope then [...]
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• Scared and Silent, Runaway, 13, Spent 11 Days in the Subways

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  Francisco Hernandez Jr., who has Aspergers syndrome, disappeared after a scolding in school.
  5 days ago

• + LDA Health Alert re Neurotoxic Chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA)

  
  Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources — Authority: 118
  other topics: click a “cateogry” or use search box The Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) has sent out email alerts to all its members urging them to act now. On November 5, Consumer Reports published a study looking at BPA levels in 19 different name-brand foods and found that a diverse assortment of ...
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• Parental Guidance Plus Medications Aid Autistic Children

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 551
  A new federal study finds a plan of medication plus a structured training program for parents is beneficial for children with pervasive developmental disorders. The study, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) suggests the regimen reduces serious behavioral problems in children with autism and ...
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• Hold my hand

  
  What We Need — Authority: 115
       I have long felt the frustration of knowing I need to teach C how to make it in this world while at the same time wanting to preserve and protect his unique personality. I’d like to think those two things don’t have to be mutually exclusive, but sometimes, unfortunately, they just are . Caught between ...
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• How Can I Be Evalutated for Autism/Aspergers?

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 134
  Recently I’ve read a book on autism. And I’m wondering if I’m on the spectrum; more like asperger’s than something more serious. How can I, as an adult, get evaluated? Everything I see on evauations on the internet is geared towards kids. To give you some background…I’ve always perferred being alone and ...
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• Educating Children with Autism

  
  Online Fun And Business — Authority: 145
  Post from: Online Fun And Business Educating Children with Autism Faces Of Autism An Approach to Educating Child with Autism : Just Believe It is in the manner of perception that we can either work our way out of a problem or say that our trip just ended. Many times have we experienced giving up and ...
  6 days ago

• I think I might have Aspergers. What should I do?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 650
  I think I might have Aspergers. In my case, should I even bother being tested? What would a confirmation/disconfirmaton mean? Im 22 years old, male, college student, soon-to-be post-bacc medical student. Ive been medicated in the past for anxiety and depression (Lexapro), but Ive been drug-free for a year and, I ...
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