Category Archives: All About Autism 2011

SURPRISE for the All About Autism Twitter Party TONIGHT!

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Gina • 0 Comments

SURPRISE! We have three surprises to add to tonight’s All About Autism Twitter Party Celebration! Special Olympics Colorado has donated a few handmade scarves, of Autism blue as giveaways. If you have a chance, visit SO and peruse their site. I reached into my goodie bag and found a few pieces from my past jewelry… Continue Reading

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All About Autism • Week 4 Giveaways…The Reveal

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Gina • 0 Comments

The Week 4 Giveaway from Ruckus Media Group is the last weekly prize to be given in celebration of a month that’s All About Autism. There’s no video today as my nights are filled with random minutes of sleep tucked in between the wakings of children. Tired, as we all are, no one needs to… Continue Reading

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Week 4 in Review • Thank You

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Gina • 0 Comments

Week 4 of the All About Autism Series has found its end. Four more writers, bloggers, advocates, and supporters of children diagnosed with Autism shared different areas of Autism. Jenny brought up bullying and her experiences as a young child being bullied while locked behind her Autism. Lynn’s humor highlighted that while echolalia can have… Continue Reading

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Aiding and A-letting Go: Confessions of a fly on a classroom wall by Sara Winter • All About Autism 2011

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Gina • 4 Comments

This post is generously submitted for the 2011 All About Autism Series ~ by Sara Winter: I have an eleven year-old nephew on the autism spectrum. I’ve been lucky enough to be his therapist at home and at school these past nine years. Watching him navigate his daily life has been the most impactful experience… Continue Reading

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Notes from a "Refrigerator Mom" by Caryn Haluska • All About Autism Series 2011

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Gina • 9 Comments

This post is generously submitted for the 2011 All About Autism Series ~ by Caryn Haluska: In 1949, Dr. Leo Kanner wrote a paper, in which he cited “refrigerator mothers” as the cause of the autism in children ~ attributing autism to “genuine lack of maternal warmth”. In an interview for Time magazine in 1960,… Continue Reading

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Fun With Echolalia by Lynn Hudoba • All About Autism Series 2011

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Gina • 23 Comments

This post is generously submitted for the 2011 All About Autism Series ~ by Lynn Hudoba: ech·o·la·li·a (?k??-l??l?-?) noun: The immediate and involuntary repetition of words or phrases just spoken by others, often a symptom of autism or some types of schizophrenia. This is the textbook definition. I would take exception to the “just spoken”… Continue Reading

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Anti-bullying by Jenny Ford • All About Autism Series 2011

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Gina • 4 Comments

This post is generously submitted for the 2011 All About Autism Series ~ by Jenny Ford: When I was a kid in school I got bullied constantly… Except for one year of public school but that’s a subject for another post… One of my first memories of being bullied is when I was in the… Continue Reading