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• Stressed or Desserts?

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  I’m often amazed at how the mentally challenged community weathers their greatest times of stress.  During my first few years of ministry with Special Gathering, I thought it was because they simply didn’t understand what was happening.  However, over the years, I’ve learned that our members watch the news ...
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• Live Simply in Humble Contemplation

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  He is a handsome Jamaican whose family migrated from the Northeast to Florida when his parents retired from their work. For a couple of years, I thought Paul was non-verbal.  When I made him angry one Sunday after chapel services, I found that Paul is definitely able to speak.  In fact, even though I was shocked, ...
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• The Future of the Mentally Challenged community from a Support Coordinator

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  Because I did not get this Waiver Coordinator’s permission to use this e-mail, I’ve not included his name.  However, he is known in this district as probably the best of the best and I have included his picture. I wish I had an answer to all of your questions, Richard Stimson from his November 7 post. And he ...
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• What does the WAIS-IV measure ? Applied Psychometrics 101 Report 2

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 129
  What does the WAIS-IV measure??:  CHC analysis and beyond . IAP AP101 # 2 report is now available ( click here for other AP101 reports and briefs).  "IAP AP101 IQ TEST SCORE DIFFERENCE SERIES #2: What does the WAIS-IV measure? CHC analysis and beyond " can be viewed  or downloaded by clicking here . The PPT ...
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• Developmental delay could stem from nicotinic receptor deletion

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
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• Could this be the future for mentally challenged people in Florida?

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  This is a interesting analysis on what may be the future for mentally challenged persons in the State of Florida.  This is the response from a presentation of the iBudgets, the newest innovation from APD. Thank you for the information on iBudgets. I find myself hear the old Kenny Rogers song; you have to know when ...
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• The complex issues in MR/ID Atkins death penalty cases: APA Div 33 Ad Hoc Committee on Mental Retardation 2006 list

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 129
  As I continue to manage this blog, it has become increasingly clear that the psychological and legal issues involved in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases are very lenghty and complex.  Last night I skimmed a Div 33 Newsletter article (Vol 31, Issue 2, 2006 - click here to find way to obtain copy ) that had an ...
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• What do I understand?

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  One of my mother’s favorite verses came from Psalm 45.  Loosely transliterated the psalmist said, “I won’t fret about matters that are above my ability to understand.”   Within the mentally challenged community there are a myriad of things that we cannot understand.  The economy, electricity, ...
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• US: UT: Fetal Alcohol Prevention Campaign Begins In Utah Liquor...

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 452
  Link: http://connect2utah.com/content/fulltext/?cid=60571 by: Rod Decker Drinking while pregnant is America’s leading preventable cause of mental retardation. Every three to six days a baby is born in Utah brain-damaged because his mother drank during pregnancy. Thursday, Utah’s Department of Alcoholic ...
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• APA Division 33: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Atkins related newsletter articles

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 129
  In the past I mentioned (at ICDP sister blog) the importance of APA Divisions 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) and 41 (American Psychology-Law Society) for psychologists and other professionals interested in Atkins cases.  I recently joined both (although Ive yet not received confirmation of ...
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• Mind Your Own Business

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  Debbie and Dorie were the best of friends from the day they met.  Perhaps it was because of the tension and stress of their circumstances that made each one cling to the other.  Debbie’s family was faced with the hard choice of moving their older sister from her life-long home when their mother died.  They had ...
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• Words of Wisdom Wednesday: A Parents Perspective

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  Editors Note: From the moment I began reading Ellens To The Max , a blog about life and love with her son, Max, who had a stroke at birth. I immediately found myself captivated by her honesty, something that is sometimes lacking in the disability world. Read on for her thoughts on raising a child with a disability ...
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• March of Dimes Launches 7th Annual Prematurity Awareness Month

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 583
  The March of Dimes has launched its 7th Annual Prematurity Awareness Month, once again focusing our attention on the growing problem of premature birth in the United States.  A birth is considered premature if it occurs before 37 weeks gestation. The March of Dimes is the leading non-profit organization in the ...
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• Report on Worship from The Special Gathering 2009 Retreat

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  Richard Stimson wrote: I wanted to report back on the results of our questions. We had 35-40 people at the retreat from eight Special Gathering chapels. These were mostly teachers but there were also a few staff. They all ranked the importance of the different questions. Some things were easy to group like “What ...
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• Simple Principles from Simple Lives

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  I don’t like windows covered.  My husband, Frank, on the other hand likes all windows closed tightly and securely.  My compromise was to put blinds on the windows.  They can be opened widely during the day and closed tightly at night.  A couple of months ago, I opened the blinds and my three years old niece ...
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• Clinical tests begin on medication to correct Fragile X defect

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
  NIH-supported scientists at Seaside Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass., are beginning a clinical trial of a potential medication designed to correct a central neurochemical defect underlying Fragile
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• The Work of Worship

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  This is the devotion given during our retreat on Friday evening. The Work of Worship II Chronicles 29:30 and 31 John 4:20-24 Central Theme:  The work of the Church is to worship God. Introduction–Bring a watch that does not work.  Throw it away.  Bring a straw with a hole in it.  Throw it away.  I ...
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• Jesus deals with me as a person–a sermon for the mentally challenged community

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  Jesus deals with me as a person–not a member of a family Matthew 9:37 Central Theme: Becoming a Christian is personal and Jesus deals with my problems as an individual. Introduction–Everyone in a family is different. All families are incompatible. That is, all families have problems with each other.  They are ...
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• Commentary on Worship Questions

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 126
  Here is some commentary on the worship questions Special Gathering struggled with during our retreat.  On Friday evening, we listed these in order of importance to us. That is we tried to determine which our teachers and volunteers (our elders) think are important. 1) What do we like? I think often this becomes the ...
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• Mississippi Supreme Court Flags Post-Conviction Review

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 511
  " Death row case delays flagged ," is the report in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. The Mississippi Supreme Court has asked trial judges why they have notruled on post-conviction claims of nine death row inmates. At least four of the cases involve claims of mental disability. TheSupreme Court issued the orders ...
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